China News Service, Beijing, May 24 (Reporter Gao Kai) On the 23rd, the documentary film "Kite·Kite" premiered in Beijing. The film is based on the film "Kite" co-produced by China and France more than 60 years ago. Looking back, it tells the story of the friendly exchanges between the people of China and France.
On June 1, 1959, New China's first Chinese-foreign co-produced film was also New China's first color children's film "Kite" was released in China. It was jointly produced by the Beijing Film Studio and the French Garrance Production Company.
At that time, the main location of the film was in Beijing.
The Chinese director is Wang Jiayi, who once directed "Five Golden Flowers", and the French director is the artist Roger Begault.
At that time, Premier Zhou Enlai had received the French creator of the film and Sylvia, who played Nickel in the film.
The release of the movie "Kite" enhanced the understanding, communication and exchanges between the Chinese and French peoples. It was a successful pioneering work in the film diplomacy of the People’s Republic of China. Five years after the film’s broadcast, on January 27, 1964, the two parties China officially established diplomatic relations.
After visiting China in 1973, French President Pompidou commented: “Art and film actually promote diplomacy. The film "Kite" has been in theaters for 15 years. The film "Kite" has established a profound relationship between China and France. Cultural exchanges."
The documentary film "Kite·Kite" uses the movie "Kite" as a clue to tell the story behind the scenes of the movie stage. Through the reunion of the small actors and actresses in Paris and Beijing 60 years later, they revisit the filming location of the film "Kite". , As well as the stories of Chinese and French characters related to kites in the new era, looking back at the friendship between the Chinese and French peoples through the film dreams, and showing the touching stories of the friendly exchanges between the Chinese and French peoples.
According to reports, "Kite·Kite" took one and a half years from planning to filming. It has been to France for interviews and filming many times. It has traveled to Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Avignon and other places, and in Beijing, Changchun, Weifang and Shanghai in China. , Guangzhou, Xi'an, Kunming, Xishuangbanna and other places, traveled tens of thousands of kilometers, followed and interviewed more than 30 Chinese and foreign people before and after.
The film not only filmed the reunion of three young actors, Liu Xiangsheng, played by Song Xiaoqing, Sylvia Rosenberg, played by Nickel, and Hua Weimin, played by Zhou Peiqin, in Paris in the movie "Kite", but also It tells the story of Sylvia Rosenberg, the actor of Nickel, who revisited the filming location of the film "Kite" 60 years after filming the movie "Kite".
The film also records the characters related to kite elements in the new era, including the composer and erhu performer Guo Gan who composed the music "Kite", the young French painter Wang Han who created the kite series paintings, and the film "Kite" fell in love with France. And married to France Wang Jinhua, a Chinese living in France, there is a famous French musician Jean Michel Jarre who likes Chinese cultural elements and once performed at the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing. He watched the movie "Kite" and liked France who came to China. The TV producer Yves Ronova, and the famous French actor Sophie Marceau who came to China with a beautiful kite and so on.
The documentary film "Kite·Kite" was produced by Wuzhou Communication Publishing House, Central News Documentary Film Studio (Group), Weifang International Kite Club Comprehensive Service Center, Xinying Huaan (Beijing) Cultural Development Co., Ltd., Ruifengyang International Culture Media ( Co-produced by Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Xinying Huajun Cultural Development Co., Ltd.
The chief director of the film is Xin Shaoying, director of China Central Radio and Television, and Xu Feng, director of China Central News and Documentary Film Studio (Group). The film lasts 81 minutes.
On March 24, 2019, the documentary film "Kite·Kite" was released at the China-France Friendship Story Meeting held in Paris, France; November 4, 2019, 20:55 Beijing time, France The national television station TV5Monde broadcasted the 66-minute documentary "Kite·Kite" reflecting the friendship between China and France.
On April 16 this year, the documentary film "Kite·Kite" premiered in Weifang, the hometown of Kite. It is reported that the film will be screened nationwide on June 1.
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