角逐戛纳电影节金棕榈奖
Asia In Cannes: Chongqing Blues The lone mainland China contender for the Palme d'Or this year is director Wang Xiaoshuai's poignant drama 'Chongqing Blues.' Taking as its starting point the death of a young man, the story explores personal and social changes in today's China.'The film is about a father who goes on a quest in the city of Chongqing, trying to discover and understand who was his son,' says Isabelle Glachant, the movie's Beijing-based French producer. 'It's the unique vision of Wang Xiaoshuai on father-and-son relationships, on the development of China and of this visually amazing city of Chongqing.' That western Chinese metropolis, which served as the capital for Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government during World War II, today ranks as a megacity, with more than 31 million residents.
The 43-year-old Mr. Wang, one of the 'Sixth Generation' of Chinese filmmakers -- a group of directors who made their first films in the early 1990s and are known for gritty, contemporary works -- has won international critical acclaim for his finely crafted social commentaries. Several of his films had their premieres at Cannes, and in 2005 he won the Jury Prize there for 'Shanghai Dreams.'
A graduate of the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, Mr. Wang stands out as a noteworthy voice from China, whose film market, as in other countries, is dominated by commercial fare. But the economics of international independent cinema has changed, making distribution through movie theaters tougher. Being selected for competition at a festival like Cannes, Ms. Glachant says, can mean a world of difference for projects like 'Chongqing.' The exposure -- and perhaps a prize -- brings it to the attention of critics and distributors.
'The general public is always open to a Chinese story, as they are open to stories from around the world,' she says. 'You go see a film because you're looking for a voyage, for a discovery. You always hope that the audience will leave a theater full of the emotion of the story and of the characters. But also, that they will have discovered something, another aspect of China.'
《日照重庆》角逐戛纳电影节金棕榈奖 今年，导演王小帅的作品《日照重庆》是唯一一部角逐戛纳电影节金棕榈奖的中国内地作品。这部令人伤感的剧情片以一名年轻男子的死亡作为故事的起点，力图探索当今中国个人与社会的变迁。
《日照重庆》剧照本片的法籍制片人伊莎说，这部电影讲述了一位父亲在重庆试图找到并了解他儿子的故事。片中以王小帅的独特视角来展现父子关系，以及中国及重庆这座看起来视觉效果惊人的城市的发展历程。重庆这座中国的西部都市，曾是蒋介石的国民政府在二战时期的陪都，现在常住人口逾3,100万，已经是一个大都会。
现年43岁的王小帅属于中国第六代导演。这一代导演在上世纪90年代初开始制作电影，以执着反映当代社会的作品著称。王小帅凭借其精心制作的社会纪录片赢得国际声誉。他有几部作品均在戛纳电影节进行首映，2005年他凭借《青红》获得评委会大奖。而早在2001年之时，他曾凭借《十七岁的单车》获得柏林国际电影节（Berlin International Film Festival）银熊奖。
王小帅毕业于著名的北京电影学院，他以拍摄反映中国值得关注的问题的影片脱颍而出。中国的电影市场像其它国家一样，商业影片在其中占有主导地位。但国际独立电影在中国面临的经济环境则有所不同，使得通过电影院发行更为艰难。伊莎说，入选戛纳等电影节的参展影片对于像《日照重庆》这样的影片来说，可能意味着极大的不同。在电影节上露面，还可能获奖，会引起评论人士及发行商的关注。
伊莎说，普通大众通常总是愿意去看一个中国故事，正如他们愿意看全球各地的故事一样。观众去看一部电影，是因为要期待一次历程、一次发现。你通常希望观众离开影院时，对故事以及片中人物充满了感情。但同时，观众也会发现一些东西，即中国的另一面。
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