On November 10, Zhang Yimou's film "On the Cliff" represents Chinese mainland Chong'ao, which will represent China in the 94th Academy Award for Best International Film.
The movie "On the Cliff" was released in major theaters in China on April 30 this year, and the film has accumulated 1.19 billion yuan at the box office, with continuous popularity and praise from many netizens. Many netizens have expressed their willingness to see the film works directed by Zhang Yimou, because they feel that this time "On the Cliff" still maintains his level of steady output.
"On the Cliff" received 6 nominations at the 15th Asian Film Awards, including nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and more. Among the films registered for the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Film, "On the Cliff" was registered in China, "Mama's Magical Boy" in Hong Kong, China, and "Waterfall" in Taiwan.
This time, "On the Cliff" hit the Oscar for Best International Film, and Zhang Yimou once again attacked the little golden man, his first three films were "Ju Dou" in 1991, "The Red Lantern Hangs High" in 1992 and "Hero" in 2003. Among them, "Ju Dou" is the first Chinese-language film in the history of the Oscars to be nominated.
In addition to the 3 films that were successfully nominated, "Zhang Yimou" also had a number of works sent to the Oscar, the most recent of which was "Jinling Thirteen Chao" in 2011. In the history of the Oscars, many Chinese works have been selected, but in the end, only Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" successfully won the gold.
Zhang Yimou's "On the Cliff" starred He Wei, Zhang Yi, Qin Hailu, Liu Haocun, Ni Dahong, Zhu Yawen and Yu Haolei. The film tells the story of a communist secret service squad on a mission in the 1930s. The squad performs a covert operation code-named "Utra". However, the traitors' betrayal of the organization, the enemy's net, the ice and snow underground, the squad's mission is difficult, and they face severe tests when completing the task, as if they are "on the cliff".
Some netizens made a high evaluation of "On the Cliff", commenting that the film script is very complete, many powerful actors act online, coupled with the style injection of director Zhang Yimou, successfully telling the story particularly well. Have you seen this movie? It has been 10 years since the last Oscar-winning "Jinling Thirteen Chao", and now "On the Cliff" has once again impacted the Oscars, let us look forward to its good results!