Jiang Wen's latest film The Sun Also Rises has been
taken off the final lineup of the 60th Festival de Cannes. It is
said that some parts of the film were mangled during
postproduction. The production team is currently making up for the
backup list tickets.
Jiang has already finished the first edition of the copy and
handed it over to the jury of Cannes but the result is still to be
determined. Failure to enter the Cannes Film Festival will likely
also delay the public screening, as it would first premiere at some
later film festival, such as Venice.
The movie which took one year to make and cost US$10
million?is Jiang's third directorial production. The main
storyline appears to be that of Old Tang and his wife who get
relocated to the countryside for re-education during the "cultural
revolution" (1966-76). Tang finds out that his wife is having an
affair with a younger man.
Japanese film music master Joe Hisaishi has also been invited to
compose incidental music for the movie.
The movie was widely considered a certainty to compete for the
Golden Palm Award of Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from
May 16 to 27. The director earlier announced that the film's
editing would be completed a month ahead of schedule.
(China Daily May 10, 2007)
