Cairo Declaration (film)

Cairo Declaration is a 2015 Chinese 2D historical film directed by Wen Deguang and Hu Minggang and written by Liu Xing. The film stars Hu Jun, Cecilia Han, Ma Xiaowei, and Tang Guoqiang. The film was scheduled to be released on September 3, 2015.[1]

Cairo Declaration
Traditional Chinese開羅宣言
Simplified Chinese开罗宣言
Hanyu PinyinKaīluó Xuānyán
Directed byWen Deguang
Hu Minggang
Written byLiu Xing
Produced byYu Zifei
StarringHu Jun
Cecilia Han
Ma Xiaowei
Tang Guoqiang
Production
companies
August First Film Studio
Propaganda Department of the Chongqing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Release date
  • 3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesMandarin
English
Japanese
Russian Language

The film was promoted by the August First Film Studio to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Second Sino-Japanese War.[2]

Cast

edit

Production

edit

The principal photography on the film began on March 9, 2015, in Liangjiang International Cinema of Chongqing city.[4]

The film was shot on locations in Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing.

Poster controversy

edit

The distributors issued promotional posters that individually featured Mao Zedong, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. Chinese internet users have questioned the inclusion of Mao, instead of Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo of the Republic of China, in the posters, since Chiang was present at the Cairo Conference, but Mao was not. A Global Times editorial called the promotional move "inappropriate".[5][6][7]

Release

edit

Theatrical release will be on September 3, 2015.

Awards and nominations

edit
Awards Category Nominee Results Ref.
31st Golden Rooster Awards Best Original Music Score Ye Xiaogang Won [8]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Cairo Declaration was scheduled to be released on September 3, 2015". 163.COM (in Chinese). 2015-08-20.
  2. ^ 《开罗宣言》9.3献映 纪念抗日胜利70周年. Sina (in Chinese). 2015-08-20.
  3. ^ "Stills of film "Cairo Declaration"". Xinhuanet. 2015-07-24. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015.
  4. ^ 电影《开罗宣言》重庆开机. Takungpao.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  5. ^ Tom Phillips (2015-08-17). "Bloggers ridicule Chinese film placing Mao Zedong at key wartime conference". Theguardian.com.
  6. ^ "Chinese film lambasted online for distorting history". Interaksyon.com. 2015-08-17. Archived from the original on 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  7. ^ "Netizens question Mao image on Cairo Declaration poster". SinaEnglish. 2015-08-17.
  8. ^ "邓超范冰冰分获影帝影后《我不是潘金莲》成金鸡大赢家". ifeng (in Chinese). September 16, 2017.
edit