Photograph courtesy La
Biennale di Venezia
Venice 71: Film Festival.
– Qin’ai de (Dearest) – Peter Ho-sun
Chang. The Chinese film Qin’ai de
(Dearest) directed by Peter Ho-sun Chang, stars Zhao Wei, Huang Bo, Tong
Dawei, Hao Lei and Zhang Yi. The director Stated “When I saw the news documentary
that my movie is based on, I was in awe of how life is so much more powerful
and unpredictable than most fiction. I knew immediately that I have to make
this movie. This kind of calling and urgency seldom happened to me. The
incredible journey of two parents in search of their abducted son and their
eventual encounter with his foster mother, the film takes us into multiple
layers of contemporary Chinese society’s changing landscape. I believe this is
not just a Chinese story. This is a story that is relevant to rapidly growing
economies all over the world. Upon reading the script, the actress Zhao Wei
called me and said, “Peter, you have a great deal of social conscience”. But I
told her I have none. I was simply touched by the story and the characters. But
I guess if the movie can touch the audience the same way the documentary
touched me, then maybe, this can be a movie with social conscience.”
Above. The director Peter
Ho-sun Chan with the cast at the Venice Film Festival premiere.