nominal and so they had to have gotten some sort of prize yes the film itself just briefly it s it s a story told over decades of chinese history starting in the culture of illusion coming up to the present day and it follows these two husband and wife and essentially it s a critique of china s one child policy there are a couple that lose a child in the cultural revolution and because of the then policy that they can only have one child are unable to have another child throughout their in the rest of their lives it s a heartbreaking story it s excruciating again it s the what it was saying it s the personal as political event that shows up there is political critique here but it s told through a very very intimate very deep personal story and i defy you to sit through this movie without bawling your eyes at the end of the film is so tragic it s it was a phenomenal film i expected could should have expected with actually the golden bear but there might even be a political issue there b
china s one child policy would probably not have gotten by the censors some have speculated that government censorship was behind the surprise withdrawal of two other chinese films invited to premiere at the bell another weighing said he could not speculate on whether they were pulled for political reasons but he said their absence is a great disappointment. on the national you one thing that i was on the plane when the news came out and i only heard about it when i got off the plane i was quite shocked and i really felt for them as well because it s really quite tough for any director to make a film. now so long my son is china s only chance for a golden bear this year but hopes are high some critics are calling it the most fascinating film of the festival. a reminder now of our top story here on new tensions have flared between india and pakistan over a car bombing it s killed dozens of indian policemen and the disputed region of
saga refuses however to forget the past constantly returning to that which was left behind. in so long my son we see a country that is changing so rapidly its people are struggling to keep up director wing said that china today is so different from the time he was trying to depict that it was even difficult to find the props he needed for his sets yet without this change the film would likely never have been made until recently any criticism of china s one child policy would probably not have gotten by the censors some have speculated that government censorship was behind the surprise withdrawal of two other chinese films invited to premiere at the bell another wearing said he could not speculate on whether they were pulled for political reasons but he said their absence is a great disappointment. on the national you an englishman as i was on the plane when the news came out and i only heard about it when i got off the plane i was
unfortunately there s been a lot of that type of really nastiness at this year s bellina ok now ok you ve seen a lot of good films let s concentrate on the competition you have to keep this brief what are your favorites for the big prize. ok well the my favorites are the films that won against the the nastiness there s a great film from norway called out stealing horses which is visually just stunning about a man looking back at a pivotal point in his youth and it just looks at the grand nature of norway and how it impacts a person s identity and memory a beautiful beautiful movie but if i had to pick the film i think it s going to win this year s bell and it s a chinese movie called so long my son which looks at china s one child policy but from a very personal perspective i think we have a small clip of the film just if you give you a feel of it when we take a look. yes
a lot of good films let s concentrate on the competition you have to keep this brief what are your favorites for the big prize. ok well the my favorites are the films that won against the the nastiness there s a great film from norway called out stealing horses which is this really just stunning about a man looking back at a pivotal point in his youth and it just looks at the grand nature of norway and how it impacts a person s identity and memory a beautiful beautiful movie but if i had to pick the film i think is going to win this year s bella nala it s a chinese movie called so long my son which looks at china s one child policy but from a very personal perspective i think we have a small clip of the film just if you give you a feel of it when we take a look. well .