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Little Red Flowers
''Little Red Flowers'' () is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan. The film was a co-production between China's Beijing Century Good-Tidings Cultural Development Company LTD and Italy's Downtown Pictures. The Dutch company, Fortissimo Films handled worldwide sales. The film, based on author Wang Shuo's semi-autobiographical novel, '' Could Be Beautiful'', follows a young four-year-old boy, Fang Qiang Qiang, at a kindergarten boarding school. Deposited into a world that demands conformity (rewarded by the titular little red flowers), Qiang suffers for his bullying. The film is Zhang's second adaptation of a novel by Wang, after 2003's '' I Love You''. Cast * Dong Bo Wen - Fang Qiang Qiang, the four-year-old protagonist of the film * Zhao Rui - Miss Li, head teacher and disciplinarian * Li Xiao Feng - Miss Tang, a younger, more kindly teacher * Chen Li - Principal Kong Reception ''Little Red Flowers'' has premiered at several international film festivals. It premiered at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Yuan (director)
Zhang Yuan (; born October 1963) is a Chinese film director who has been described by film scholars as a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmmakers.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yuan" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 419. . Google Book Search. Retrieved 2008-08-24. He and his films have won ten awards out of seventeen nominations received at international film festivals. Feature films Born in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, Zhang received a BA in cinematography from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989. Having initially emerged onto the film scene shortly after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he is frequently referenced as an exemplar of the pioneers who are grouped into the loosely defined Sixth Generation. Despite a diploma from the prestigious Film Academy, Zhang decided to eschew his assigned position within the People's Liberation Army-connected August First Film Studio, choosing instead to produce his films indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Century Good-Tidings Cultural Development Company LTD
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
