Jiang Wen poses at the
premiere of his film "The Sun Also Rises" in Beijing on Tuesday,
September 11, 2007.
Although coming home empty-handed from the Venice International
Film Festival, Chinese director and actor Jiang Wen still can't
wait to show off his latest romantic feature, "The Sun Also
Rises."
On Tuesday, Jiang Wen led cast members in promoting the film's
upcoming China release at a premiere ceremony in Beijing.
The film's distributor has pushed up its screening date from
September 21 to 14.
Facing a plethora of media questions over the film's failure to
win an award in Venice, Jiang Wen showed no signs of disappointment
and said the results were not totally surprising.
He said he had no expectations to win an award, but hoped more
people could get to see and like his film.
The flick, featuring Zhou Yun, Joan Chen and Jaycee Chan, was in
competition for the festival's top prize, the Golden Lion award,
which eventually went to another Chinese film, "Lust, Caution," by
Ang Lee.
The film did however bring Jiang Wen another kind of joy. While
working on the film he fell in love with leading actress Zhou Yun,
who later married him and produced the couple's first child.
Cast member Zhou Yun poses
at the premiere of the film "The Sun Also Rises" in Beijing on
Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
Cast member Jaycee Chan
poses at the premiere of the film "The Sun Also Rises" in Beijing
on Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
(CRI.cn September 12, 2007)
