On June 12, the Shanghai International Film Festival announced that it would add 12 film screenings, and tickets would be available for sale at 12:00 noon on June 13. It is worth noting that among all the new screenings, the Peking Opera film "The Golden Chamber" has added 4 screenings, accounting for one-third of the total, which shows how popular it is.
The Peking opera film "The Golden Lion" is one of the films in the premiere section of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival. On the first day of ticket sales on June 7, the two screenings were sold out in seconds during the rush for tickets at noon, becoming the first film to sell out among the many opera films screened at this year's Shanghai Film Festival. Among the many popular domestic and foreign films at the film festival, the traditional Chinese opera film has also become a popular "ticket grabber".
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This Peking Opera film "The Golden Lion" is an organic fusion of the latest film technology and traditional Chinese quintessence. It is produced using 8K technology and starred by Zhang Huoding, a Peking Opera Cheng School performing artist and winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award. Director Teng Junjie has rich experience in directing opera films. He has made innovative breakthroughs in this film, and the film's ultra-high definition and color gamut are commendable. The film will be screened in 4K at the Shanghai International Film Festival. During the screening, fans will also have the opportunity to interact with the film's creators.
The Unicorn is the most famous representative work of Cheng Yanqiu, the founder of the Cheng School of Peking Opera, and was written by Weng Ouhong. The singing style is fresh and colorful, vividly showing the characteristics of Cheng School singing style, which is melancholy, graceful, lingering, deep, sad and resentful. Zhang Huoding is the third-generation successor of the Cheng School and a disciple of Zhao Rongchen. Her The Unicorn has always been sought after and loved by the audience, and this is also her first time to perform this work on the movie screen.
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It is reported that this year's Shanghai International Film Festival has also specially planned the "Orchid Elegance: New Collection of Opera Films" and the Yangtze River Delta Opera Film Exhibition. In addition to the Peking Opera "The Golden Bag", it also selects outstanding opera film masterpieces produced in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui for concentrated screening. The list includes another work directed by Teng Junjie, the Shanghai opera film "Daughter of Dunhuang", as well as Kunqu Opera "The Peony Pavilion", Yue Opera "Double Wings", "The Butterfly Lovers", Huangmei Opera "Six-foot Alley" and other traditional operas and film high-tech works
