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china news service, beijing, september 22 (reporter gao kai) revealing a little-known history of interactions between the two great emperors, kangxi of china and louis xiv of france, the sino-french co-produced documentary "kangxi and louis xiv" leads the audience back to the historical scene in another way.

"kangxi and louis xiv" focuses on "chinese and french stories, international expression" and was filmed by professional chinese and french film teams in both countries.

stills from the sino-french documentary film kangxi and louis xiv. photo courtesy of the film crew

the film tells the story of how more than three hundred years ago, french king louis xiv sent six "king's mathematicians" to china. subsequently, emperor kangxi of the qing dynasty of china actively interacted with louis xiv, which opened up sino-french exchanges in science and technology, trade, and ideology and culture.

zhang xiping, the film's historical consultant and professor at beijing foreign studies university, said that in this film, audiences can see the power of civilization exchanges in the grand world history and appreciate the contribution of chinese civilization to the world.

it is understood that "kangxi and louis xiv" has adopted a relatively rare distribution and long-term screening model in the industry, and has been screened in many key cities across the country in turn. after its premiere in guangzhou in may this year, the film landed in beijing in july and was exclusively screened at the academy south road store of shenzhen film international (beijing) cinema.

the person in charge of the film's distributor said that this was directly related to the characteristics of the cinema itself, with many colleges and universities around it. "the cinema has 400,000 moviegoers a year, half of whom are college students." college students are the main audience for this film, so as schools start, the popularity of this film is gradually increasing. in addition, the cinema has reached a strategic cooperation with the central new film studio and held the premiere of many documentary films. after years of deep cultivation in the field of art films, the cinema has a group of fans who love documentary films, which has also led to a wave of viewing of "kangxi and louis xiv".

it is reported that the film recently held a special screening for college students at shenzhen film international cinema (beijing) xueyuan south road store. in addition to nearly 200 college students, scholars from the school of foreign languages ​​of capital university of economics and business, pingyuan, and french documentary producer aladdin blacksmith also participated in the post-screening exchange session. in addition to guangzhou and beijing, "kangxi and louis xiv" will gradually land in major theaters in other important cities in china in the future. (end)