"Dream of the Red Chamber" hits the big screen after 46 years, what's there to make a splash?

According to Sohu, the classic novel by novelist Cao Xueqin “Dream of the Red Chamber” will have its first film version. The film directed by Hu Mei is titled “Dream of the Red Chamber: The Love Story of Jin Yu”, and is scheduled to be released this year. Currently, the film has completed filming and post-production.

Dream of the Red Chamber is a classic novel by Cao Xueqin.

This information quickly attracted attention because this is the first film version of this work after 46 years since the film version "Kim Ngoc Luong Duyen" by director Ly Han Tuong in 1977. The film has the participation of actors such as Lam Thanh Ha, Truong Ngai Gia...

In the new film version, the actors are all new faces in the Chinese entertainment market such as Truong Mieu Di, Bien Trinh, Hoang Gia Dung were chosen for the main roles of the film such as Lam Dai Ngoc, Gia Bao Ngoc, Tiet Bao Thoa. These are all young actors, born after 2000.

Notably, famous faces only play supporting roles, including Guan Xiaotong as Jia Yuanchun, Yang Tongshu as Wang Xifeng...

The main cast is all new faces.

According to Sohu, director Hu Mei seems to want to follow the film version of “Dream of the Red Chamber” in 1977. That year, the main roles in the film were given to Brigitte Lin and Chen Ai Jia. Before the film was released, these actors were all unknown names, but later became stars of the Hong Kong screen.

Therefore, the new version is expected to help Chinese screens find new potential faces in acting.

Since its announcement, the film has quickly received high expectations. Especially when director Hu Mai was the name that made a series of classic blockbusters such as "The Yongzheng Dynasty", "The Great Emperor of Han"... The film has a budget of up to 200 million NDT (nearly 30 million USD).

Sina reported that the script for the new film was conceived by director Hu Mei and the screenwriter in 2005. The script was continuously revised over the course of 10 years and was approved in 2016. After that, the crew began auditioning actors and all the actors were under the age of 20. In the end, more than 70 out of 20,000 actors were selected and trained for 9 months.

The movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (1977) is the most recent film version of "Dream of the Red Chamber"

At this time, the film crew invited teachers of performance, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting from the Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theatre Academy to train the actors in acting and role-playing. All training was conducted in strict secrecy. Filming was completed in 2018 and the visual effects were completed in 2019.

According to the revelation, the film has a length of 115 minutes, focusing mainly on the golden age of the Jia family with classic details such as Lin Daiyu's flower burial ceremony, Jia Baoyu's beating... as well as recreating the love story filled with joy and sadness between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

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