News came on June 30 that the Zhejiang-produced war art film "Above the Sky" announced a key extension and extended its release to July 31. It is reported that "Above the Clouds" began to be screened in Zhejiang on May 31, and will be screened in the National Art Federation Cinem

Qianjiang Evening News·Hourly News Reporter Lu Fang

It is reported that "Above the Clouds" began to be screened in Zhejiang on May 31, and will be screened in the National Art Federation Cinema on June 17. The current box office has reached nearly 3 million. As an artistically innovative war film, it is not easy to achieve such an achievement when the domestic film market has not yet fully recovered.

Currently, "Above the Clouds" ranks TOP 1 in attendance among new war films in June, and ranks TOP 5 in the box office list of war films in mainland China in 2022.

"Above the Clouds" is directed by Liu Zhihai, a professor at the Film School of the China Academy of Art, co-produced by Zhejiang Film and Television Group , China Academy of Art , and jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Lishui Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. The

movie is based on the real historical events of the strategic shift of the Southwest Zhejiang Advance Division in 1935. It focuses on the "unknown people" on the battlefield. It is a poetic movie that reflects human nature and the relationship between people and war.

The film tells the story of Hong Qichen, a Red Army soldier who had just experienced a setback in combat, when he received an order to gather his comrades and blow up the enemy's ammunition depot within 48 hours. This is an almost impossible task, but for the 350 brothers who advance into the division and for the continuation of the revolutionary fire, they must win.

The film won three awards for Best Film, Best (Group) Actor, and Best Cinematography in the main competition unit of the 11th Beijing Film Festival " Temple of Heaven Awards ", and was shortlisted for the Shanghai Film Festival, Canada's Toronto Film Festival, Japan Kyoto Film Festival, Silk Road Film Festival, Changchun Film Festival , Australia's Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival, Japan's Okinawa Film Festival and other well-known film festivals at home and abroad.

"Above the Sky" has received continuous rave reviews since its release. The unique visual style of the film amazed the audience. The film uses a visual style similar to traditional landscape painting to create an era texture of the 1930s to reflect the cruelty of war.

reflects life and death, cruelty and perseverance in a poetic environment, and reflects on the impact of war on individuals and its significance to the group. The unique aesthetic temperament of the film, coupled with the tragic and shocking war scenes, allow the two extremes of cruelty and poetry to coexist in the film. At the same time, the flowing long shots also give the audience an immersive viewing experience.

"Above the Clouds" was also praised for focusing on the "unknown people" on the battlefield and paying tribute to the revolutionary spirit of southwestern Zhejiang with a new aesthetic. It is reported that the extension of the release time this time is also for the sake of continued word-of-mouth fermentation, so that high-quality Zhejiang-produced art films can have more opportunities to meet the audience.

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