My people, My country,a 158-mintue film celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, is set to hit Chinese theaters on September 30.
Helmedby well-known director Chen Kaige and supported by six other famous directors, the seven-part anthology (选集) focuses on national memories and presents Chinese ordinary people's stories that took place during seven monumental moments in the past seventy years. It chronicles (记录) the nation's greatest technological and cultural achievements.
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| The second storyPassing By, directed by Zhang Yibai, is about a scientist working on China's first atomic bomb (原子弹）who had to say goodbye forever to his lover in the 1960s. |
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| In Xu Zheng'sThe Champion, a boy must fix a TV aerial(天线）to the roof of his home, so his neighbors can watch the Chinese women's volleyball team play in the 1984 Olympic final. |
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| Going Homeis about Hong Kong's return to China in 1997. It focuses on a Chinese soldier tasked with raising the national flag on the stroke of midnight. |
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| One for All, directed by Wen Muye, focuses on a top female fighter jet pilot (战斗机飞行员) who helps her partner complete a smooth aerial performance, part of the military parade to commemorate (纪念) the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (中国人民抗日战争) in 2015. |
