According to Marco Mueller, a well-known curator, producer, and film history expert, on his personal social media: Du Amei, his ex-wife and close friend, senior program planner of Pingyao International Film Festival, and expert in Chinese film studies (Marie-Pierre Duhamel-Muller) died on June 20, local time in France, at the age of 71.
Marco Muller posted a picture of Duame in his youth and wrote: "I thought you'd love this pic (I can't believe you're not there anymore) you're smiling like a little girl even though You never lost that smile when you were sick and sick. You stayed true to the life you chose, the life you lived with passion, with your head down, with your own struggles and with others. I love you forever and ever You are with me."
Marco Muller posted his condolences on social media.
Duamé graduated from the University of Paris VII with a major in education, and then entered the Paris Institute of Oriental Languages to study Chinese language and culture. In the mid-1970s, she and Marco Muller came to Liaoning University from France and Italy to study. The two who also like movies got married, and then transferred to Nanjing University to continue their studies together. When Marco Muller was interviewed by The Paper reporter before, he recalled with great interest the story of their relationship with Chinese films in their student days.
"One day, Du Amei heard that there was a basketball court where "Red Detachment of Women" was going to be shown, and it was not a ballet. It was said to be a very good feature film. So, the two of us thought we must watch it, so we rode a bicycle to catch it. In the past. I had a very long beard, because Chinese barbers didn’t know how to trim it, and Du Amei was not very tall, but when I got there, the aunt who watched the bicycle said to me, ‘Grandpa, you daughter is beautiful'."
"After the Spring Festival in 1977, more old Chinese films were re-released. Although Nantah University's courses are more abundant than those of Liao University, Du Amei and I still miss Chinese films. The biggest problem we encountered was that At that time, Nantah University’s gates were closed at eight o’clock in the evening, and we had to jump over the wall when we came back late, and we were criticized many times for this. But at that time, we really watched a lot of movies, and even drew up a list of directors. Ranked No. The first one is of course Xie Jin, followed by Xie Tieli and Xie Tian. We like 'three thanks' very much."
In the future, the two got to know director Xie Jin and forged a deep friendship. Du Amei's Chinese name was chosen by Xie Jin.
Duame
After returning to France, Duamé's work is mainly divided into two aspects. One is a producer of independent documentaries, and he once served as the artistic director of the French Real Film Festival, one of the most famous documentary film festivals in the world; the other is to spare no effort She actively promoted Chinese films to the West, including the subtitles of Hou Xiaoxian's works, Jia Zhangke's works, and Bi Gan's "Roadside Picnic". Her accurate and vivid translation has built a bridge for Western audiences to understand Chinese films. ; And Chinese directors also use this bridge to step onto the world stage.
In recent years, despite his age, Du Amei is still keen to dedicate his strength to Chinese films. In addition to serving as the senior program planner of the Pingyao International Film Festival, she also assisted Director Qiu Jiongjiong to complete the editing work of "Jiaoma Hall". Last year, she served as the artistic consultant of the Young Hainan Island International Film Festival, and held a master class in the form of remote video, talking about the translation of movie subtitles.
