PARALLAX Films in Cannes
PARALLAX Films will be handling the international sales for the following titles at Cannes 2017. For setting up meetings, please contact:
xujiahan@parallaxchina.com
+ 33 (0) 789 95 75 85
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Mr. No Problem 「不成问题的问题」 Director: MEI Feng Best Artistic Contribution, the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Leading Actor, the 53rd Golden Horse Film Awards theatrical / VOD / home video rights available |
Shot in stylish black-and-white, this three-act fable, set in wartime Chongqing, focuses on the indifferent rich, the head clerk on a farm, and some young intruders. Mr. No Problem is directed noted screenwriter MEI Feng, based on a 1943 short story written by Lao She. Mei Feng has built a long-term collaboration with director Lou Ye. Their film Spring Fever won the award for Best Screenplay at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Summer is Gone 「八月」 Director: ZHANG Dalei Best Feature Film, Best New Performer, the 53rd Golden Horse Film Awards Selected to New Director/New Film 2017 theatrical / VOD / home video rights available |
In Inner Mongolia in the early 1990s, 12-year-old Xiaolei is enjoying his summer vacation with his father, who works at a film studio. But life is rapidly changing, as stable jobs at state-owned companies are abolished. Hohhot-born director Zhang Dalei created a portrait of his country’s past in beautiful monochrome. The film presents a boy’s detached view of the world.
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Blind Date, Clear Night 「速求共眠」 Director: LU Yue |
Gold Leopard winner Lü Lue has just finished his latest film, presenting a twisted story between a female PhD student and a 40-year-old construction worker. Lü Lue is known as the cinematographer of Zhang Yimou’s films, with Shanghai Triad (1995) nominated for a Best Cinematography Oscar. Also as a director himself, Lü’s Mr. Zhao (1998) won Golden Leopard. Blind Date, Clear Night is written by Yan Lianke, a well-acclaimed, Booker-prize nominated author.
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