The film "Wild Era" by Bi Gan, produced by Shanghai Huace Film Co., Ltd. and Dangmai Film (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 78th Cannes International Film Festival in France, released the international version trailer, the first clip and new stills yesterday, and officially "departed". The film is written and directed by Bi Gan, starring Yi Yang Qianxi and Shu Qi, and specially invited Zhao Youting to star. "Wild Age" is the third feature film directed by Bi Gan. In 2018, his work "The Last Night on Earth" was shortlisted for the "Accent" unit of Cannes. This time, his work was shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes and will participate in the Palme d'Or.

According to the official schedule released by Cannes, this Chinese-language film, which is the only Chinese-language film shortlisted for the main competition unit this year, will premiere worldwide in the Lumière Hall in Cannes on May 22. The story of "Wild Age" takes place in the future. A woman sleeps in an operation. She discovers that there is a bionic remains in her consciousness, so she resurrects him in a bizarre way. As the bionic human senses gradually awaken, they also fell into the sea of ​​human consciousness together. Judging from the trailer released so far, the film continues the director’s previous strong audio-visual aesthetics, adopts an unconventional narrative structure, and creates a worldview that the audience is both familiar and extremely novel. Director Bi Gan said that the movie revolves around a woman's dream and integrates various elements of surreality, detectives, and science fiction, but this time he wants to explore the "essence of human existence."

Compared with Bi Gan's previous works "Picnic on the Roadside" and "The Last Night on Earth", the cast of "Wild Age" is more "luxury". "Youth" starring Yi Yang Qianxi was nominated for the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Film. He presented a rich texture and full emotional energy in the movie. Shu Qi has won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress and other honors. Her works such as "Millennium Mambo" and "Assassin Nie Yinniang" have been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the three major European film festivals six times. She also served as a judge of the main competition unit of the 80th Venice Film Festival two years ago. In addition, the main creative lineup of this film is also worth looking forward to, including Dong Jinsong, who worked with the director in "The Last Night on Earth", Tu Nan, who served as art director in Wong Kar-wai's work "Flower Flowers", and Huang Wenying, who worked with Hou Hsiao-hsien for many films, all escorted the young director of the 35-year-old. The film's soundtrack was written by Anthony Gonzalez, a member of the famous French band M83. Reporter Sun Jiayin

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