The Essence of the Film Festival丨The Five-Hour "Fighting Dog Fight"

Shanghai International Film Festival 's "Essence of the Film Festival" screening unit was founded in 2019 and has been warmly welcomed by the audience once it was launched. This unit hopes to gather the latest and best award-winning or selected films from major film festivals around the world, so that the audience can appreciate the latest world movie trends in the first time. This year’s Shanghai International Film Festival’s "Essence of the Film Festival" has a huge volume. Today I will introduce you to the first part-these masterpieces are from the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, etc. International Film Festival. They are:

two episodes with a total length of five hours, the exciting Tokyo International Film Festival opening film "The Lost Dog: The First Part", "The Lost Dog: The Second Part"; "Quentin of India" stunning Rotterdam Film Festival "The Cobblestone"; the costumed love comedy "Emma" starred by the heroine of "Abandoned Soldiers on the Rear Wing"; Kazakhstan director Adil Khan Yerdyanov was nominated for the "Urbossen" and "Huang" at the Tallinn and Venice Film Festivals respectively. Cat"; shortlisted for Berlin Film Festival's feminist film "Shepherdess and the Seven Songs"; Iranian director Barami won the best film "Wild Wilds" in the Horizon section of the Venice Film Festival; shortlisted for Mataburata "Children on Motorcycles" in the best Argentine film of the International Film Festival; "Motorcycle Stealers", which was selected as a tribute to the classic Italian neorealism at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Let’s take a look at each of them in detail below:

Underdog: Part One

Underdog: Part One

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Highlights:之恋 》原班人马打造的日本版《洛奇》

职业拳击手末永晃沦为在拳台上陪练挨揍的“败犬”，But still can’t forget the glory of the past; young boxer Ryota Omura is talented, but has secrets unknown; the third-rate artist Miyagi Shun, who is under the pressure of "Star II", stands on the ring, just to beat the popularity... Director Wu Zhengqing Together with his old partner and screenwriter Adachi, they once again assembled the original cast of "Hundred Dollars of Love" to create this Taiwanese version of "Rocky". The film is composed of the unique and powerful actor Miku Moriyama, the multi-song idol Kitamura Takumi, and the actor Atsuko Maeda's husband Shire Ryo, and the scene is exciting.

Underdog: Part Two

Underdog: Part Two

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Highlights: Five-hour boxing masterpiece from punch to flesh pstrong _pstrong He was accidentally injured due to entanglement and faced a crisis in his career. The battle with idol Suenaga became his greatest spiritual sustenance. In the final ring, the two burned themselves out, blooming with the most dazzling brilliance. Director Wu Zhengqing shot this epic masterpiece dedicated to the loser in the total length of the above and the next episode for nearly five hours. After the professional training of Miku Moriyama and Takumi Kitamura, his body and boxing skills are almost fake. In the 20-minute boxing ring duel, the acting and boxing skills were brought to the fullest, which was so enjoyable. This film is the opening film of the 2020 Tokyo International Film Festival, and was named the fourth place of the "Cinema Xunbao" annual ten best.

Pebbles

Pebbles

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Highlights: "Quentin of India" stunning a pair of poor and dry lives in Rotterdam's first work in India p

Father and son,They embarked on a short journey to find relatives... This is a new work that won the Golden Tiger Award for Best Picture at the 2021 Rotterdam International Film Festival. The director Vinosji PS, who dropped out of school due to poverty in his childhood, stepped onto the film road from a DVD shop as a working man. This debut film shows the reality of the plight of southern India in the form of a barefoot road film, discovering the beauty of nature in the simplest way Compared with poetry, the film's narrative does not lose humor, and the hot atmosphere created can also arouse empathy between the audience and the characters, and feel how the poor children remain innocent and stubbornly silent.

Emma

Emma.

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Highlights: The heroine of "Hou Yi Abandoned Soldier" starred in the costume romantic comedy _ Emma.

》The latest version of "Emma" jointly performed by the popular Anya Taylor-Joy, actor Johnny Flynn and the old British drama Bill Nye, is about the secret and wrong love of four pairs of men and women. , Misunderstanding, hidden hatred, entanglement, consummation story. The well-designed costumes and the magnificent green manor in the film are particularly unique under the capture of the 4K high-definition camera. The actors restored the playful lines of the original author Jane Austen , leading the contemporary audience to immerse themselves in it, showing a trace of the absurdity of the old age. This sweet comedy that explores the source of true love, promotes growth, and is relaxed and happy won two nominations for the best makeup and best costume design at the 2021 Oscars.

Ulbolsyn

Ulbolsyn

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Highlights: the girl who wants to send the girl to Ulbols

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Go to university abroad,But his sister was kidnapped, and Urberson had to go single-handedly. The young Kazakh director Adil Khan Yerdyanov has been very creative in recent years. For the past three years, he has maintained the creative speed of two films per year and has made his mark in the international film scene. Advocating equal rights for men and women, he recorded and criticized the bad habits of male and female inferiority in rural Kazakhstan with the imitation of documentary techniques in this film. The production cost of this film is small and the time is short, but it can invite a large number of local villagers to appear. It skillfully depicts the opposition between modern and traditional concepts with black humor. It was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 2020 Tallinn Dark Night Film Festival.

Yellow Cat

Yellow Cat

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Highlights: Kazakh version of "The Male and Female Thief"

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a gun Build a movie theater on the top of the mountain. However, he took the girl and the gun and embarked on the road of escape. As the prolific Kazakh director Adil Khan Yerdyanov’s affectionate tribute to film history, the film unfolds in the form of short and unique chapters. Through a large number of wide-angle lenses, the scenery of Kazakhstan's rough wasteland and gentle grassland is fully collected. At the same time, the strong and authentic "Magic Style" also led the audience back to the past. The film was shortlisted for the "Horizon" section of the 2020 Venice Film Festival and the competition section of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs

The Shepherdess

and the Seven Songs

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The shepherdess Laila is well-known for her beauty. She wanders between her newlyweds and the little powerful police, using her beauty and tactics to fight for freedom. The film is adapted from traditional Indian folk songs and is divided into seven chapters including "The Song of Marriage". Indian director singh integrates women's pursuit of rights into the divinity of the holy mountain and folk beliefs, and brings unique exotic flavors through folk songs and folk customs. As the plot progresses, the determined heroine insists on using wisdom to strive for independence, although the process is bumpy but wonderful. The film was shortlisted for the "Meet" competition at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, and Singer won the best director in the 2020 Hong Kong International Film Festival Rookie Film Competition with this film.

The Wasteland

The Wasteland

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Highlights: Destroy aesthetics of black-and-white images

is about to shut down the ruined brick factory. Fula is dealing with unpaid workers and bosses. He is a good old man who is willing to live and die with the ruined brick factory without seeking a way out. Iran director Ahmed Barami’s work is reminiscent of Bella Tal’s "Satan Tango". It uses black and white images, sliding and panning long shots, and different perspectives to repeat the same story. The technique, while paying tribute to the directors and works of the predecessors, depicts the ethnic and cultural contradictions among the various ethnic groups in Iran, as well as the class opposition and exploitation that overwhelm the thousands of years of feud. The film won the best film in the Horizon section of the 2020 Venice Film Festival and the Fabian International Film Critics Award.

Kids on Motorcycles

The Kids in the Bikes

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Highlights: the young love in the crime district and spanspan p7strong_span3sp Di is a pair of childhood sweethearts,The sudden pregnancy disrupted their feelings, and also disturbed the otherwise uneasy family and neighborhood life. The film sets the background of the story in Cordoba in 2013. The young people at the bottom live a closed life in a social environment where crimes frequently occur and strict law enforcement coexists. On the surface, the film tells the story of minor pregnancy and abortion, but behind it reveals class division and social oppression. The two young actors who play couples in the film have impressive acting skills. They not only perform the sweet and warmth of "Juneo", but also show the hardships and helplessness of high-pressure life. This film was shortlisted for the Best Argentine Film Unit at the 2020 Matabura International Film Festival.

The Bike Thief

The Bike Thief

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Highlights: Takeaway boy’s long car-seeking road p

p7p After being stolen, the Romanian delivery staff embarked on a car-hunting journey for themselves and their family. Obviously, this film is a tribute to the Italian neo-realist classic "The Bike Thief". The director moved the story stage to contemporary London. In addition to paying attention to the hard life of British immigrants, the film also constructed a complex bottom-level ecology in just over 70 minutes, directly attacking the cruel social reality. This film was selected for the 2020 Tokyo International Film Festival. It is worth mentioning that Anna Maria Malinka, who plays the protagonist's wife in the film, has participated in many popular American dramas such as "The Age of Mars", and has also won the British Academy of Film Award for Best Actress.

Welcome to continue to pay attention to us and grasp the blockbuster film list of the 2021 Shanghai International Film Festival as soon as possible.

Note: In case of film changes, the actual film arrangement shall prevail.

2021 Shanghai International Film Festival film list summary

Tribute to the master丨Ennio Morricone

Red Dead Redemption丨The Fistful of Twilight丨The Good, the Good, the Good, the West Citizen's Investigation丨Iron-faced Selflessness丨Youguo Station

Tribute to the Master丨Miklos Jansso

Oratorio丨Grooming|Grooming 2|Grooming 3|Hopeless People|Red Army and White Army|Silent and Shouting

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Beautiful torture 丨 Woman rhyme affair 丨 Mint candy 丨 Godfather 3 丨 Ruan Lingyu 丨 Rouge button 丨 Unleashed life 丨 Gamera big monster aerial battle

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