An unfinished Chinese-Australian-German film cooperation which
tells a heartwarming story set in 1930s wartime China, is eyeing an
Oscar award.
Though missing leading cast members and director Roger
Spottiswoode, producers of The Children of Huang Shi
pronounced their ambition at a Monday press conference during the
ongoing Shanghai International Film Festival, says a Beijing
Youth Daily report.
The producers also announced the month of the film's premiere -
March - with an additional star-studded charity event to be held at
the premiere ceremony in Huangshi city, central China's Hubei
Province.
The producers announced that the charity event is in line with
the film's theme to promote humanitarianism.
The US$40 million film revolves around a young British
journalist who, with the assistance of a courageous Australian
nurse, saves a group of orphaned Chinese children during the
Japanese invasion in late 1930s.
The film rallies both top Chinese and foreign actors, including
Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Radha
Mitchell.
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(CRI.cn June 19, 2007)
