Anthony Chen’s well-regarded Mainland China-set “The Breaking Ice” has discovered favor with a number of European and Asian patrons within the few days since its Sunday premiere as a part of the Cannes Movie Pageant’s Un Sure Regard.
The movie narrates a love triangle story amongst China’s misplaced youth technology and is ready in the course of winter in Yanji, a city that’s closely populated by ethnic Koreans. It’s headlined by a star-studded Chinese language solid of Zhou Dongyu (“Higher Days”), Liu Haoran (“Detective Chinatown” franchise) and Qu Chuxiao (“The Wandering Earth”).
“The Breaking Ice” has been newly licensed to Challan for launch in South Korea, Trigon-Movie for Switzerland, One From the Coronary heart for Greece, Tucker Movie for Italy and Edko Movies for Hong Kong.
Rights gross sales are dealt with by Rediance, Mainland China’s main indie gross sales firm, which reviews that addition territory offers are presently being negotiated.
Previous to its competition debut, the movie was additionally licensed to Nour Movies for launch in France. In Chen’s native Singapore, it will likely be launched by director’s Giraffe Photos.
The movie was produced by Cover Photos and co-financed by heavyweight producer-distributor Huace Photos. It’s focusing on a major launch in Mainland China later this yr, however particulars have but to be disclosed.
Chen isn’t any stranger to Cannes. His quick movie “Grandma” (“Ah Ma”) gained a particular point out on the competition in 2007. His debut characteristic, “Ilo Ilo” gained the Digital camera d’Or for greatest first movie at Cannes, in 2013. Whereas his second characteristic “Moist Season” premiered in Toronto in 2019, Chen returned to Cannes in 2021 with “The Break Away,” a section of the anthology “The 12 months of the Eternal Storm.” Chen’s first English-language movie “Drift” premiered on the Sundance Movie Pageant earlier this yr.
Chen had a steep studying curve with “Ilo Ilo” and sought larger management of his work by increasing into manufacturing. He was government producer of Kirsten Tan’s Sundance title “Pop Aye” and producer of He Shuming’s 2022 Busan title “Ajoomma.”
