the film "the sinking of the lisbon maru" co-produced by emei film studio won the "golden silk road award" for best documentary
2024-09-26
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cover news reporter zhou qin
on the evening of september 25, the "golden silk road award" of the 11th silk road international film festival was announced. the film "the sinking of the lisbon maru", co-produced by emei film group and directed and produced by fang li, won the "golden silk road award" for best documentary.
△the film "the sinking of the lisbon maru" won the "golden silk road award" for best documentary. photo courtesy of the film crew
in 1942, the "lisbon maru" ship, which was requisitioned by the japanese army, escorted more than 1,800 allied prisoners of war back to japan from hong kong, china. when passing through the waters of zhoushan islands in zhejiang province, the "lisbon maru" was hit by a us submarine without a prisoner transport mark. at the critical moment of life and death, hundreds of zhoushan fishermen risked their lives and drove 46 fishing boats to save the lives of 384 allied prisoners of war from the sea. this is an important testimony to the fact that china and britain fought side by side as allies in the second world war and jointly resisted fascist aggression, and it is also a historical story of the deep friendship between the peoples of the two countries.
after the movie was released, it received positive reviews from audiences on major platforms, with a douban score of 9.3 points, but the box office of the movie is still a long way from the good reputation. so far, the box office of the movie has exceeded 28.6 million. according to maoyan professional edition data, the movie is expected to have a box office of 40.985 million.
fang li was mentally prepared for the box office of "the sinking of the lisbon maru" when the film was first released: this is a film that will not be able to recoup its costs. but he believes that it is worthwhile to salvage this period of history and film it, so he is willing to sell his house to fill the hole of the film. "i have been like this all my life. you don't judge the value of many things by money, but by emotion and history. the most precious thing in this movie is not the history itself, but the joys and sorrows of people in the time and space of history." fang li said that he was moved by the many stories surrounding the lisbon maru, so he wanted to share it with more audiences.
