The Red Awn

Infobox Chinese Film
name = The Red Awn


caption =
director = Cai Shangjun
producer = Li Xudong
writer = Cai Shangjun
Gu Xiaobai
Feng Rui
starring = Yao Anlian
Lu Yulai
Huang Lu
Shi Junhui
Wang Hong
music = Huang Zhenyu
Dong Wei
cinematography = Li Chengyu
Chen Hao
editing = Zhou Ying
distributor = Xiudong Hao Ye/Wan Ji
released = October 6, 2007 (Pusan International Film Festival)
runtime = 105 min.
country = flagicon|China China
language = Mandarin
amg_id = 1:455064
imdb_id = 1281955
jianti = 红色康拜因
fanti = 紅色康拜因
pinyin = Hóngsè kāngbàiyīn

"The Red Awn" (zh-stpl|s=红色康拜因|t=紅色康拜因|p=Hóngsè kāngbàiyīn|l=The Red Combine) is a 2007 Chinese film directed by first-time helmer Cai Shangjun. The film premiered at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. [cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=2709|publisher=Variety|title=Art films win at Pusan Film Festival|author=Elley, Derek|accessdate=2007-11-24|date=2007-10-12] The film tells the story of a father and son in China's interior Gansu province. It also won the Golden Alexander, the top award at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Cai, a veteran screenwriter, has most often been associated with Sixth Generation helmer Zhang Yang ("Spicy Love Soup", "Shower", "Sunflower").

Cast

*Yao Anlian as Song, a man who returns to his hometown after five years only to discover that his family has declared him dead.
*Lu Yulai as Yongtao, Song's 17-year old son.
*Shi Junhui as Yongshan, Song's friend and the owner of the titular (in the original Chinese) red combine harvester.
*Huang Lu

Reception

"The Red Awn" found success on the international film festival circuit early on. Besides winning the FIPRESCI Prize at Pusan, "The Red Awn" also was an official selection of the 2007 Thessaloniki Film Festival where it premiered on November 24, 2007 [cite web|url=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&loc=2&page=638&SectionID=5&MovieID=953|title = International Competition: The Red Awn|publisher=International Thessaloniki Film Festival|accessdate=2007-12-03] . It went on to win the Golden Alexander, the Festival's top prize along with a 37,000 Euros monetary award. [cite web|url=http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/071130/article.asp?parentID=83164|title=November 30: News from Abroad|author=Park, Richard|publisher=Asia Pacific Arts|date=2007-11-30|accessdate=2007-12-03]

Notes

External links

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* [http://www.dianying.com/en/title/21175 "The Red Awn"] at the Chinese Movie Database
* [http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2007/pusan/red_awn_hrompotti.htm "The Red Awn"] , a review from FIPRESCI