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Closing night: The Coldest City
L'Étrange Prix Logical
Which genre movie project will score a writing convention with Logical Pictures Group? We'll discover it together this Sunday 15 September during the Closing session of L'Étrange Festival! Learn more.
The Coldest City
(Ji han zhi cheng)
Feng Yang
- 2023
- China
- Thriller / Drama / Action
- 2h00mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
French premiere
À Harbin, taking advantage of post-war unlawfulness, while the Russian army is still present, gang wars rage. Killer Gu Nian infiltrates one to accomplish his terrible vengeance.
Conspiracies, ambushes, vendettas, shootings and elegance, this magnificent criminal and gloomy picture is lacking in nothing. It doesn’t conceal its homages to its three obvious models - The Godfather, Once upon a time in America and Carlito's Way - even in its musical score inspired by Ennio Morricone or Patrick Doyle, but keeps in continuity with them without forsaking its Chinese essence. This worthy heir knows how to build up tension, install romantic outbursts, and unfold tragedy with a great sense of the epic and a very striking lyricism, especially when the snow falls.
Credits
- With : Yu Xia, Lee Li-chun, Kai Tan, Chang Kuo-chu, Yi Cong Zhang...
- Screenplay : Feng Yang
- Photography : Yang Fen
- Editing : Yang Fen
- Music by : Min He
- Production : Shao Yan
Screenings
15/09 • 20h15 • Screen 500
Presentation of the palmarès
Conferment of L’Étrange Prix Logical
