Cover news reporter Yang Fan
The 2022 Academy Awards for Best International Film will be announced on December 21, the nominations will be announced on February 8, 2022, and the 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, 2022. Now, the film representing Chinese mainland competing for the Oscars has also been fixed, that is, this year's May Day box office and word-of-mouth win-win "On the Cliff", which is also the fourth time that director Zhang Yimou has challenged the Oscars.
Before announcing the participation of "On the Cliff" for Chinese mainland, the participation films of many Asian countries have long been determined. For example, India is "Cobblestone", Pakistan is "Stranger", South Korea is "Escape from Mogadishu", and Japan is "Driving My Car".
Directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Zhang Yi, Yu Hewei, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, Liu Haocun and Ni Dahong, "On the Cliff" was released in China on April 30 this year. Previously, Hong Kong, China, decided to send "Mama's Magic Boy" directed by Yin Zhiwen and "Waterfall" directed by Zhong Menghong from Taiwan to compete for the Best International Film Award at next year's Oscars.
The film was released on May 1 this year, and after 21 days of release, the total box office exceeded 1 billion, becoming the 86th film in the history of Chinese cinema to break 1 billion, and also became another film with a box office of more than 1 billion yuan in Zhang Yimou's directorial career after "The Great Wall". In the end, the cumulative box office of "On the Cliff" reached 1.19 billion yuan.
This is also the fourth time that Zhang Yimou's works represent Chinese mainland impact on the Oscars, the previous three are: 1991's "Ju Dou", which is the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Oscar, and also won the nomination for the Palme d'Or in the main competition unit of the 43rd Cannes Film Festival, telling the story of Chinese women's sexual repression.
In 1992, Zhang Yimou's "Big Red Lantern Hanging High" once again represented the Chinese mainland impact on the Oscars to impact the Oscars for best foreign language film. The film was also nominated for the 48th Venice Film Golden Lion Awards and won the Best Non-English Film award at the 46th British Academy Film Awards.
In 2003, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" represented Chinese mainland three times to the Oscars, and also received nominations for Best Film at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear Awards and Best Foreign Language Film nominations at the 60th Golden Globe Awards. In 2004, 2006 and 2011, Zhang Yimou competed for the Oscar with "Ten Faces Ambush", "Golden Armor in the City" and "Jinling Thirteen Chao" respectively, but they all returned home, so the result of "On the Cliff" this time is also very exciting.
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