Trinity Cine Asia released China’s war epic “The Battle at Lake Changjin” in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday. The film is currently the highest-grossing(票房最高的) film in China as well as in the world so far in 2021, having earned more than 5.62 billion yuan ($879 million) since its first public performance in China on September 30, according to figures reported by the Xinhua News Agency.
“It’s a privilege for us to be able to release the biggest box office story of 2021, when cinemas are just beginning to recover,” said Trinity Cine Asia co-founder and director Cedric Behrel on November 12. “The Battle at Lake Changjin presents a fresh viewpoint which hasn’t been seen before, reframing(再构造) the war film narrative we’re used to seeing, but with production values to match Hollywood,” Behrel said. “The film falls into the war film model of decisive battles that changed the course of history.”
Jointly directed by Chen Kaige, Hark Tsui and Dante Lam, “The Battle at Lake Changjin” is set during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953), the Chinese participation in the Korean War, and tells the story of Chinese People’s Volunteers soldiers fighting bravely in freezing temperatures in a key campaign at Lake Changjin, or Chosin Reservoir. The story of young warriors willing to risk it all to defend their motherland against the world’s best-equipped army, despite a lack of food and warm clothing during the bitter cold, has moved many moviegoers to tears.
Kelly Wang, an international student studying at the University of Leeds, told the Global Times that after watching the film, she went back to school and recalled this period of history with her roommates in the UK. She thought it was a major step forward for Chinese films, which not only proved the perseverance and persistence of Chinese soldiers, but also gave people around the world an opportunity to relearn and reflect on history. “It’s no longer the time when Westerners decide most of the content of history,” Wang noted.
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