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On November 6, 1905, the Sino-French co-production film "Engagement" supervised by Luc Besson held its premiere in Beijing. Film producer and screenwriter Qiao Wei, producer Liu Yongsheng, directors An Jianjun and Yang Huilong, and starring Cao Li, Du Xudong, Dawa Zhuoma and others attended the event.
According to screenwriter Qiao Wei, he and Luc Besson were married at the 2016 Beijing International Film Festival. At that time, Luc Besson wanted to make a film with Chinese themes, and the two hit it off. Qiao Wei adapted the script of the TV series of the same theme that he had previously created into a film script, telling the story of a French female journalist Snow who came to rural China in the early 80s of reform and opening up, recorded the love and marriage concept of young Chinese people at that time with a camera, and met and fell in love with Liu Changgen, a rural boy in the process. Luc Besson was very satisfied after reading the script, "One draft passed." ”
Screenwriter Qiao Wei
Not only that, the French Europa Film Company founded by Luc Besson also participated in the filming and production of the film, and her daughter Juliet Besson made her Chinese film screen debut in the film. Qiao Wei also said that his large-scale anti-terrorist military action film "First Time" cooperated with Luc Besson is also in intensive preparation, and the famous French actor Jean Renault is expected to star.
When talking about why he wanted to direct such a rural theme film, director An Jianjun said that when the film industry has paid attention to large-scale productions and new themes, he wants to go back to the past and record the long-lost era and national memory with images, so that the audience can feel the romance and great changes exclusive to that era in the fast-paced impetuous life, ""Engagement" superficially tells a transnational romantic love story, but in fact hides important auxiliary lines, that is, the process and style of change in China's rural areas and the progress and awakening of people's consciousness. ”
Director An Jianjun
It is reported that "Engagement" is produced and written by Qiao Wei, directed by An Jianjun and Yang Huilong, and starring French film stars Vanessa Gide and Juliet Besson, together with domestic actors Liu Peiqi, He Zhengjun, Cao Yutong, Ding Jiali, Cao Li, Du Xudong and other stars, will be released nationwide on November 8.