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"nujiang" opens the 8th pingyao international film festival in 2024

2024-09-03

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on september 3, the pingyao international film festival officially announced that the film "nujiang" written and directed by liu juan will be the opening film, kicking off the 8th pingyao film festival. the film is also shortlisted for the hidden dragon unit.

starring wang yanhui and deng enxi, yang haoyu, wang qiang, lü xingchen and huang tian, ​​nujiang tells the story of lao hu, a swordsman who lost his daughter and traveled thousands of miles to find the truth and finally gained forgiveness. on september 24, the film nujiang will have its world premiere at pingyao film palace.

nujiang is liu juan's second feature film, written and directed by herself. liu juan graduated from harbin institute of technology and beijing film academy, and completed her doctoral research in women's art at columbia university in new york from 2018 to 2020. in 2013, she won the special jury award for asian newcomer at the shanghai international film festival for her debut feature film, love is not yet full.

the story of "nujiang" takes place on the nujiang border in yunnan, and the entire film uses the yunnan dialect. the powerful actor wang yanhui, who plays the leading role, is from yunnan. he has played the role of "father" in many outstanding young director works such as "the calm", "the great dad", and "mosaic girl", and is called "national dad" by the audience. partnering with wang yanhui is deng enxi, a post-00s actor who has participated in quality works such as "hello, zhihua", "nobody", and "girl jiahe". among them, "girl jiahe" was shortlisted for the "crouching tiger" unit of the 3rd pingyao international film festival. deng enxi also won the "most media-focused new actress" in the film channel media unit of the 23rd shanghai international film festival for this film.