Celebration of Chinese Film reveals classic and modern – Daily News – Lisbon

What we talk about when we talk about Chinese film? In the Portuguese context, we can say that we speak of a creation of space you have, after all, a regular presence in the halls, but whose historical dynamics not always have enough information. The Feast of the Chinese Film bet precisely to propose a panel of films (32 in total) where some recent productions intersect with different periods of memories marked by important historical upheavals, along with major changes aesthetic.

If the mountains move away , title Jia Zhang Ke who was in competition at the last Cannes Film Festival (with scheduled Portuguese premiere for December), fills the official opening session , tomorrow at 21:30 at the Ideal cinema in Lisbon, happening the lead until the 30th.

They are involved the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual and the Portuguese Cinematheque in collaboration Cinematheque with the Chinese and the Xiaoxiang Film Group, belonging to the movies Ideal executive produced the event. Its genesis was a visit to China Jorge Barreto Xavier, Secretary of State for Culture, in 2014. He himself, in one of the program’s introductory texts (festadocinemachines.pt), defines the political Inserts to the Party: “The People’s Republic China is now one of the largest investors in Portugal and our economic relations have had an exponential growth. It is time to deepen our cultural ties. “

The two program films who’ve been to Cannes can define the thematic framework, and also the symbolic significance of the selection proposal. Thus, the aforementioned If the mountains move away reflects a methodical concern of reflection on the convulsions of contemporary life even if Jia Zhang Ke, going back to explore their paradoxical realism (it is, for example, 24 City on Beijing in 2008, under the sign of the Olympics), is situated the action between 1999 and 2025 …!

In polo not opposite, but somehow complementary manner, we find a visually lush object as The Killer , Hou Hsiao-Hsien (achievement award in Cannes) , century saga. IX betting in the exploration of the conventions of the “martial arts movie”, transcending them through a fascinating Romanesque energy.