seventeen years ( simplified chinese : 过年回家 ; traditional chinese : 過年回家 ; pinyin : guò nián huí jiā ; literally : " new year homecoming " ) is a 1999 chinese film directed by zhang yuan and starring li bingbing in her feature film debut .

seventeen years was screened at several international film festivals where it garnered numerous accolades , including the director 's award at the 56th venice film festival .

the film is co-produced by keetman limited ( china ) and fabrica ( italy ) , as presented by keetman and the xi'an film studio .

it premiered concurrently with zhang yuan 's documentary feature , crazy english in the 1999 locarno international film festival .

seventeen years is seen , at least by some critics , as zhang yuan 's move away from his " bad boy " image , an image that was cultivated after run-ins with chinese authorities with his previous films , beijing bastards , and the homosexual-themed east palace , west palace .

in contrast , seventeen years ( and crazy english ) was produced under the aegis of the chinese bureaucracy , though some editing of the film was required before it could be released .

seventeen years ( film )

essentially seventeen years is one of the most simple movies i have ever seen .
there is a new channel on my parents sky plus called world movies and it was on this channel i saw seventeen years .
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seventeen years ago , a pair of 14 - year - olds living on opposite coasts were connected through a website for video - game enthusiasts .
within the broader context of china ' s history , these seventeen years can be seen to represent a return to socialist ideals . the ' seventeen years ' ( 1949 - 1966 ) is a term given to the period between the founding of the people ' s republic of china in 1949 , and the beginning of the cultural revolution in 1966 . the ' seventeen years ' is widely viewed as the golden age of chinese socialism , and a source of sentimentalism and nostalgia .
in the film , an american widow played by diane keaton stumbles upon a hermit , played by brendan gleeson , who has lived quietly in a shack on the heath for seventeen years . photo : nick wall
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in italy , the film won the special prize for direction at the 1999 venice film festival .
every morning ileana drives to the cork factory in the north of portugal where she has worked for the last seventeen years . the film portrays another routine journey she shares with her husband and child from home to work .
seventeen features filmed in georgia in 2016 , meaning the state has outpaced the previous frontrunner , california , as the top location for feature film production .
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at sixteen years of age , in a fit of anger , a young girl accidentally kills her stepsister . seventeen years later , when she gets out of jail , a police woman accompanies her to find her parents in a china which has changed dramatically . like many of his preceding films , this sixth feature of chinese director zhang yuan talks about the pain of living in contemporary china . in competition at the 56 th edition of the venice film festival , seventeen years won the special prize for direction .
well , flutter is my return to the world of animation , after more than seventeen years . my last work as an animator was on the first stuart little film . i then took off in a different direction , storyboarding and designing characters and concepts for big budget films like
that weird , messy puzzle of trauma and affection where our high school memories reside is what powers the edge of seventeen .
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is a digitally animated family film that has a very timely release , but it is also a second - tier cg animated film .
dir . zhang yuan seventeen years ( guo nian hui jia ) colour , 90mins , mandarin , china / italy , 1999 . cast : liu lin , li bingbing , li yeding , liang song , li yun reviewed by olivia khoo
the romantic comedy is “inspired by a true story” and relates how an american widow ( diane keaton ) develops a romantic friendship with a recluse , played by brendan gleeson , who has lived in a shack on the heath for seventeen years .
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cindy studied film directing and cinematography at new york university’s tisch school of the arts where she received her mfa . after jobs in i . t . , word processing , film research , copy - editing , film transferring , and art handling , she left new york city to pursue a teaching career at montana state university - bozeman . she has been a professor of film production for seventeen years , teaching undergraduate students in the school of film and photography as well as mfa students in the science and natural history filmmaking program . she has twice been a fellow at macdowell artist colony , ucross foundation , and the wurlitzer foundation . she was recently awarded a sabbatical to develop her film next project .
not only was ryan phillippe 25 years old when he shot the film ( sarah michelle gellar was 22 ) , but selma blair ( naive freshman cecile ) was 27 at the time .
since 1986 , the broward country film society has shared the beauty of independent cinema with south florida through the fort lauderdale international film festival . nearly 30 years later , the film society has leveraged the success of fliff to establish itself as one of five major cultural institutions of broward country . read more about the history of fliff below .
while filming the song “sixteen going on seventeen , ” carr—who , incidentally , was 21 years old at the time—fell through the glass in the gazebo and injured her ankle . in the scene , she’s wearing a bandage covered with make - up on her leg .
for mr . travolta , the nomination was especially sweet after years in which his career veered downward . he was nominated in 1977 for
saturday night fever .
mr . travolta said with a laugh over the phone ,
seventeen years ago i thought , hey , this could happen every year . i didn ' t realize how hard this is to come by .
the mobilities of sexuality and desire are played out explicitly in east palace , west palace , and , in more muted terms , in seventeen years , as inflected through gender . there is a complex relationship between state discourses ( effected through the socialist re - turn ) , social ideology , and local cultural politics ( particularly , as read from the point of view of diasporic queer spectatorship ) . seventeen years is an extremely powerful film , whose suggestiveness is amplified when these ideological and temporal considerations are held in mind . endnotes photo for east palace , west palace is from : the moviesite : movies for africa
is a $ 110 million film based on a book aimed at young adults . it is yet another film trying to tap into the vacuum left behind by
from the ones you ' ve already seen to the ones that won ' t come out for another ten years .
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colby’s career in games and entertainment started over seventeen years ago working on original xbox launch titles as well as other games , film and tv spots at viewpoint data labs . over the years colby has had the opportunity to work with ea , take two , sony , national geographic , porsche , disney and now wb – in various art roles and capacities . colby has been mainly focused on art side of external development for the last seven years . this has allowed him to work with some of the biggest and best external dev teams in the industry to create amazing games for the kids and family space .
but to the amazement of almost everyone ,
hoop dreams ,
one of the most acclaimed documentaries in years , a film that several critics called the best of 1994 , was not nominated for best picture or even best documentary . it was nominated in one category , film editing .
i can tell you his first name is mike . he’s married and he has two kids . he’s in for burglary — he’s got between two months and three years left . even if he has to do the whole three years , we’ll be fine .
while working within the system , yuan zhang ' s ( or is it zhang yuan ? ) latest film 17 years gives the chinese totalitarian system a human face . the title , referring to 17 years of separation , also refers to an important year ( age ) in two of the main characters ' lives . it is zhang yuan ' s best work to date , and quite possibly the most realistic , impartial portrayal of china ' s totalitarian system in recent years . i highly recommend it .
alice markowitz has worked in the field of documentary film and video production for the past seventeen years ; developing , producing , directing and writing primarily for public television . she has produced for signature pbs series such as nova , scientific american frontiers , and a host of bill moyers films . she has been the recipient of two national emmy awards for producing , including one for the film the mystery of chi , which opened the bill moyers acclaimed series , healing and the mind . her latest film , in search of ourselves , was nominated for best writing by the writers guild of america .
i ' m almost embarrassed to admit how much i related to this movie , as a man several years older than its central character .
it has been two and a half years since tao lan has last seen her family , and they have been relocated to the outskirts in chengguan , their old house demolished . tao lan seems out of place in the new home ; she is now a grown woman , but has not participated in modern chinese society for seventeen years . she tells jie that she would rather return to prison , but jie tells her that it was an honour to be chosen to return home , and that ' society will welcome you once again ' . nevertheless jie enters the family home with tao lan , and tells tao lan ' s parents that they must be supportive of their daughter . she says of tao lan ' s seventeen years in prison , ' that ' s a very important period in the life of a young woman , maybe even the best years of a woman ' s life . she spent them in prison ' .
a simple family drama that evolves into a moving study of immutable family ties , “seventeen years” bounces helmer zhang yuan to the top ranks of chinese directors after a decade of mixed fortunes . beautifully played by a small cast in muted but naturalistic style , and shot through with small observations of contempo mainland life and [ … ]
essentially hoisted by a remarkable performance from hailee steinfeld , the film is a quirky yet relatable tale of adolescence . the edge of seventeen ' s modernized coming - of - age infused with its humorous innuendos and dialogue make for a sarcastic & surprisingly serious sob story . 4 / 5
of the week and did earn a lot of film festival buzz , so that should help .
jennifer love hewitt is on the cover of the seventeen magazine issue that contains annette ' s abstinence essay . this cover is real , by the way . it came out feb . 1997 .
' east palace ' and ' west palace ' are the colloquial vernaculars for the public toilets on either side of tiananmen . the film is consistently cited as the ' first gay film ' in china .
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up in their upper east side ivory tower , sebastian and kathryn ( sarah michelle gellar ) are merely high school seniors . that makes them 17 years old .
certainly a must for world movie fans i would recommend this movie if you wanted a simple interesting film , however its simplicity can also been a criticism as this gives the film very little value after being viewed once .
seventeen is that age that adults patronizingly refer to as one of the best years of your life , which may be true in retrospect — when it’s too late to recapture the unjaded thrill of feeling butterflies in one’s stomach — but seldom seems that way for those suffering through it for the first time . compared with the period - set separation of techine’s career - high “wild reeds , ” this return to burgeoning - romance territory subtracts the buffer of safe nostalgia that so often idealizes those years , engaging directly with the messy immediacy of today’s world .
the film hampstead appears to suggest that the community supported the developers in trying to evict harry from his home .
chaired by new york magazine’s david edelstein , the nyfcc has boosted the oscar profiles of films like boyhood ( best film in 2014 ) , david o . russell’s american hustle ( best film in 2013 ) and kathryn bigelow’s zero dark thirty ( best film in 2012 ) in the past . though martin scorsese’s long - awaited silence screening for the group on wednesday ( to rave reviews from its membership ) , the film earned zero awards at thursday’s ceremony .
in the savviest teen comedy in years , hailee steinfeld gives a star performance as a beguiling but troubled high schooler who uses her ferocious cleverness to act out her distress .
. gkids is the only distributor that can routinely release animated films in limited release and have them do well at the box office . for example , this film earned over $ 2 million domestically . the film doesn’t come out on
it was announced monday that distributor filmrise has acquired the north american rights to my friend dahmer . the movie stars disney veteran ross lynch ( austin & ally ) as the serial killer jeffrey dahmer , who murdered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991 . the tribeca festival - screened film is slated for a theatrical release this coming fall .
peaceful harry hallowes , who lived in a shack on the heath since 1986 , appears to have inspired the film .
the film is full of life and loose humor , and creed often transcends the genre by playing with movie mythology .
it’s been 17 years since we stepped inside the walls of the coyote ugly saloon and met the likes of lil ( maria bello ) , cammie ( izabella miko ) , zoe ( tyra banks ) , and rachel ( bridget moynahan ) . violet ( piper perabo ) sets out for new york city with dreams of becoming a songwriter , but finds herself sidetracked by her “day job” as a bartender at the titular coyote ugly , based on the popular real life chain of bars . our leading lady gets her happy ending , but as for that cast…seventeen years later , where are they now ?
for this year ' s study , filml . a . changed the way it quantified findings , basing them on the 100 top - grossing movies at the domestic box office . this is compared to years past when the study was conducted using films released by the major u . s . film companies .
reviewed at toronto film festival , september 16 , 2016 . mpaa rating : not rated . running time : 102 min .
the film makers are devastated ,
said ira deutchman , former president of fine line , which marketed the movie .
completed the trifecta over the weekend . not only did the film have the largest domestic debut , it broke the same record
with its iconic camerawork , catchy musical score , and great performances , it’s not hard to see why so many people still love the sound of music , even after all these years .
this weekend is thanksgiving and as always that means black friday and cyber monday plus 48 hours of shopping in - between . unlike most years , i ' m only halfway done with my
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california’s incentive has returned some feature projects to the state ,
the study explains .
in fact , in los angeles , on - location feature film production reached an eight - year high in 2016 — but the state’s film incentive program seems optimized for use by a narrow band of feature film projects , with budgets from $ 40 million to $ 100 million .
. it was probably the most surreal experience , knowing where i had come from . and i’ve learned a huge deal about filmmaking from him over the ten or so years we worked together .
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so they kept on chatting , and a conversation that began with a single click in 2000 continued for nine straight years , until ms . champion and mr . cooper came face to face in october 2009 .
the new york film critics circle kicked off a long , winding road of precursor accolades en route to the oscars thursday , when the 37 - strong group announced its full list of year - end film awards , cementing la la land ‘s status as the best picture frontrunner .
opened in first place on the international chart with $ 143 . 3 million in 63 markets . the film had the biggest opening of the
seventeen years is a chinese film directed by zhang yuan . it was a heartwarming story of the tragedy between two teen - age stepsisters when one dies and the other spends 17 years in prison as well as a story of forgiveness . it stars li jun as tao xiaolan , a young woman whose accidental murder of her stepsister leads to a seventeen year prison sentence ; li bingbing as chen jie , a prison guard who takes pity on xiaoqin and helps her find her parents ; liu lin as yu xiaoqin , xiaolan ' s stepsister together with liang song and le yeping as the parents of the said stepsisters . seventeen years has two divorced single parents marry , each bringing with them a teenage daughter . xiaoqin , mother ' s daughter , is strong - willed and proudly working - class , intending to get a job in a factory when she finishes school . xiaolan , a bit younger and father ' s child , is more intellectual and hopes to go on to college . one day , a petty argument between the step - sisters over some change turns ugly ; xiaolan hits xiaoqiun over the head with a stick , and to the shock of everyone xiaoqiun dies . xiaolan is convicted of murder and sentenced to a long stay in prison ; after 17 years , a handful of prisoners are released on furlough for new years , including xiaolan . when xiaolan ' s parents don ' t arrive to pick her up , she ' s left stranded ; a guard , chen jie , takes pity on xiaolan and offers to give her a ride home . however , they soon discover xiaolan ' s home has been torn down and her folks have moved . chen jie is determined xiaolan will spend new year with her family , though xiaolan herself starts to wonder if they have any desire to see her . seventeen years is a great emotional movie . it tells us how people are affected by tragedy and how forgiveness can be extremely difficult in some situations . also , it tells us that it is a situation that something should be prepared for , letting go of the past and it is an emotion of healing as well . it is easier said than done . aside from that , it also tells us a touching story of a reunion between parents and prisoner . the greatest characteristic of this movie is it does not fall into the trap of trying to act and shoot scenes with over - the - top emotions . subtlety and simplicity were its greatest assets . that is why is makes it a highly recommended movie .
it is also nice to see bit unconventional prison guard to be so selfless and give her just as short vacation time to help out an inmate , instead of celebrating new years with her parents as originally planned .
“we were now independent and had enough money to get together , ” he said . “after years of talking to her but never seeing her , i thought it would be a natural extension of our relationship . ”
during the car ride back to the airport , ms . champion and mr . cooper sealed nine years of friendship , and a promise to continue chatting , with a long - awaited , much - anticipated kiss .
seventeen years after accidentally murdering her stepsister in a fight , tao xiaolan ( liu ) is given a new year furlough from prison . since no one shows up to collect her , young prison guard chen ( li bingbing ) offers to escort her home . but the family house in tianjin has been demolished . in the course of finding where tao ' s parents now live ( and steering the nervous woman into a reunion with them ) , tao and chen form an unexpected bond . zhang ' s first fiction feature since his rapprochement with the film bureau is a solid art movie : sensitive , understated , psychologically acute and quietly emotive . in other words , less interesting than the risky , provocative and often revelatory work he did as an ' illegal ' underground film - maker .
well into his 70s , andre techine delivers his most youthful film yet , a tale of burgeoning gay romance co - written by celine sciamma .
. i don ' t think either of them will be big hits , but one of them has to be the target film . i think
this is an excellent film . i loved the ending . somehow , i love prison films . the protagonist being a heroine made the film more versatile and more emotional . arguably , the film breaks - off from the moment tao lan hits her sister with the stick , thereby confirming a murder and hence sentencing her self to imprisonment for 17 years . the expression of guilt and anxiety that tao lan experiences affects till the end of the movie . the scene where tao lan returns home to see her family for the new years day ( with the help of the officer ) was absolutely stunning . the feeling of regret , depression , forgiveness and this sense of
can ' t i still be a human ? cant i still live ?
is profoundly what attracted me . further , the tension and the contradiction , and above all , the indicisiveness between forgiveness and hate is played out by her father . the visual effects were also brilliant in that it assisted the film to give this very effect ( the father getting old , moving slowly , incapable of speaking , etc ) . perfect choice of a family disaster made into film . highly recommendeed .
i would not want to waste time here on plots and other comments about the story , which you can find by looking at other posts . what i want to point out here is that the chinese title is as equally philosophical as the english one : 17 years implies the 17 years of totalitarianism , after which humane side is finally appearing . the chinese title has the literal translation as going home on new years , and it needs more explanation : in the chinese tradition , the new year is the time when all family members get together , reflection on the story of the protagonist being released from jail to go home to unite with his parents .
, technically correct is the best kind of correct . ) the film was a little more front - loaded than expected and nearly matched our predictions .
in the best teen films , from “sixteen candles” to “clueless” to “superbad” to the greatest high school movie of the last ten years , “the perks of being a wallflower , ” the main characters have a way of occupying the moral high ground . even when they’re outcasts or “losers , ” their cleverness and wit — the sheer humanity of their alienation — puts us right on their side . but that’s not quite the case with nadine ( hailee steinfeld ) , the radiantly troubled heroine of “ the edge of seventeen . ”
this is an amazing film . it reminds us that china is / was a very different place from usa . slow and understated , i was profoundly moved by the film . not too much happens , was does happen takes its own slow time , and you can read a plot summary in 5 lines , but seeing the film was an immersion that left me speechless . then again , there was no one else in the room to talk to .
after years of banishment and working outside the system , director zhang yuan returns to the fold with the government approved drama seventeen years . although decidedly less socio - politically relevant than zhang ' s previous work , the official seal hardly weakens the movie ' s strong emotional content , centered around the reconstitution and reevaluation of traditional family values in the age of chinese neo - capitalism . enlisting the talents of top writers yu hua and zhu wen also guarantees a deeply felt drama with real characters . zhang ' s sudden leniency towards the censorship board must be weighed against the opportunity to shoot parts of the movie within the walls of a chinese prison , thus allowing the director to include a subtle and indirect critique of societal and personal repression in modern china .
this year the panel was headed by walter shenson , a veteran producer and member of the academy for 48 years . he made such comedies as
the mouse that roared
and
a hard day ' s night .
when enjoying a film outside of the hollywood genre , i must avoid the trappings of comparison which will ultimately elevate my perception of the quality of the movie . once i was immersed in seventeen years , it was impossible not to come to the conclusion that hollywood is betraying the viewing public with mindless waste , poor actors and little or no texture to their films . . . . . the concepts of family angst , betrayal and bittersweet redemption are revealed through a wonderfully talented cast , playing out their roles with beautiful subtlety and believability . the story is heart wrenching yet encouraging as the guard ( li bingbing ) and her charge ( lin liu ) travel on a leave from prison to the home of her mother and step father , the father of her step sister whom she accidentally killed . the interaction between the two women ( li / lin ) is thoroughly heartfelt and you are unable to resist lin ' s tragic character . this film should have been nominated for more individual recognitions but it was politically incorrect in it ' s homeland china so as we all know , hollywood only rewards it ' s own and seventeen years is an incredible treasure that many are not aware of outside the international community . i highly recommend and adore the vision of zhang yuan and this work of cinematic art . please see it and share this with those who love a quality movie .
a simple family drama that evolves into a moving study of immutable family ties ,
seventeen years
bounces helmer zhang yuan to the top ranks of chinese directors after a decade of mixed fortunes . beautifully played by a small cast in muted but naturalistic style , and shot through with small observations of contempo mainland life and social manners , the pic marginally recalls zhang ' s debut feature ,
mama ,
in its simplicity but is also clearly the work of a director who ' s finally hitting his stride as he approaches middle age .
hailee steinfeld is incredible in this film . i have watched this movie in cinemas and i liked it very much that now i got the dvd . highly recommended
is projecting a $ 170 million opening weekend for the live action fairytale , and the film is setting records around the world . at home , it’ll have the
are both aiming for that box office milestone . the last time we didn ' t have a family film that earned at least $ 100 million in november was
it’s also worth noting that earlier thursday , the san diego state center for the study of women in television and film released its annual report on the state of the film industry and found that the percentage of women directing films in the domestic top 205 for box office actually dropped in 2016 , down from 9 to only 7 percent . “it is remarkable that with all of the attention and talk over the last couple of years in the business and the film industry , the numbers actually declined , ” the center’s martha lauzen told variety . “clearly the current remedies aren’t working . ” like the movie nominations , the dga’s nominees for television direction , announced wednesday , included only one woman among the 11 directors cited in major categories .
seventeen years is reportedly the first feature to have shot scenes on location inside an actual chinese prison , something that would have been unthinkable in the people ' s republic , say , 17 years ago . the evolving superpower ? and the lives of its humblest citizens ? is the undercurrent of seventeen years , a fact - based story of one thoughtless moment and the immense grief that follows . it ' s the early 1980s and a too - familiar family squabble , this time over a paltry amount of missing money , leads teenager tao lan to strike her snobbish stepsister , accidentally killing the girl , her only sibling . in 1998 , an adult tao lan , with a year left on her jail sentence , is released on a 48 - hour furlough for the new year . neither of her parents are waiting to greet her . the old apartment has been torn down , no forwarding address . a young female guard , also on leave for the holiday , takes tao lan with her to look for the shards of the shattered family and , if possible , attempt to put them together again . for tao lan , after spending half her life locked away , sexy billboards and jackets with
usa
on them hint at the new world she can barely grasp . but her mother and stepfather , have they changed as well ? ( in mandarin with english subtitles . )
following la la land are alien - invasion drama arrival and coming - of - age triptych moonlight , each nominated for eight awards apiece . making a return is mel gibson , whose hacksaw ridge earned six nods , including best director . the actor - turned - auteur has not directed a film in 10 years , since a 2006 arrest for a dui during which he was recorded making anti - semitic remarks .
reviewed at berlin film festival ( competing ) , feb . 13 , 2016 . running time : 114 min . ( original title : “quand on a 17 ans” )
the broward county film society was founded june 3 , 1986 to introduce independent cinema to a south florida audience base of more than four and a half million people .
’ sunday morning estimate . our model has the film coming a little below that mark , at $ 165 million or so , which might mean it won’t quite top
it takes a certain high - wire daring to make a teen comedy in which the heroine acts like a holy terror , and “the edge of seventeen” all but invites you to gaze at nadine and think of her as , you know , the b - word . except for one important qualifier : deep down , she’s not really out to wound people — she’s trying , almost compulsively , to push them away . ever since her big - screen debut in 2010 , playing mattie ross in “true grit , ” hailee steinfeld has gathered confidence as a performer , and “the edge of seventeen” is her breakthrough . she’s a fantastic actress , with a sharpness and verve that belies the catlike softness of her features . she’s like the young elizabeth taylor , with playful flexing eyebrows that italicize her every thought . even when she’s just tossing off lines , steinfeld makes nadine a hellion you can’t tear yourself away from . she isn’t just the star of “the edge of seventeen” — she’s its center of gravity .
a graduate of usc film school , janice is now a professor at academy of art university , san francisco , where she teaches documentary film . a longtime resident of los angeles , california , she enjoys her tenure as vice - president of the barnsdall art park foundation and living in the los feliz area with her wife and three dogs .
after over 50 years in the acting industry , and a decade of unprecedented success delivering outstanding part - time performing arts tuition at her weekend academies across the country , pauline quirke returns to her roots to create even more opportunities for young performers in north london .
a mild surprise was the warm reception given woody allen ' s
bullets over broadway ,
produced by miramax . the film , which some critics considered mr . allen ' s best comedy in years , received seven nominations , including two for supporting actress to dianne wiest and jennifer tilly . others who received supporting actress nominations were rosemary harris in
tom and viv
and helen mirren in
the madness of king george .
the california - shot projects spent approximately $ 99 . 5 million in filming and received $ 12 . 4 million in tax credits thanks to the california film & television tax credit program , which was meant to lure more big - budget tentpoles to shoot in the state . film incentives are the primary reason , the study finds , that productions are flocking to georgia .
big productions like the sci - fi movie passengers , dystopic ya adaptation the 5th wave and the franchise film allegiant filmed primarily in georgia , while marvel movies such as captain america : civil war filmed at pinewood studios in atlanta . the state spent $ 606 million to fund the tax credits , but $ 2 . 02 billion was spent on film and television production .
in 1993 the festival’s student film competition went national . students from yale , usc , north carolina , nyu , ucla , florida state univ . and columbia won awards . an art on film documentary series was added to the program list as was an academy award documentary series . guests included ashley judd , elisabeth shue , and roger corman received the lifetime achievement award .
an innocent teengage act turned into unexpected tragedy for tao yuan and she was imprisoned . seventeen years later she was granted an unexpected furlough on the chinese new year eve to visit her parents . the world outside prison had changed so much in the passage of time , and so had her parents . what would it be like for her to go home ? the story - telling was direct and movie production was straight forward , there were neither widely known actors / actresses nor millions of dollar budget thrown into it , yet the result provides 85 minutes of unforgettable movie viewing experience . the movie is engrossing and wonderfully charged with moving emotions .
i’m 23 and i still love high school movies ! however , i’ve kind of found myself grown out of a lot of them nowadays . well , until this . i kinda just watched this because i was so bored , i have prime and was finding a film to watch . i just thought i would play this and ultimately i was hooked . it’s actually such a good film ! it made me cry . because it is relatable in a lot of ways . it’s a great film for teenagers and for anyone really . . i really enjoyed it .
“i’m so glad that 17 years ago a geeky boy and an awkward girl managed to find each other against all odds , from 2 , 700 miles away , and start down a road that led us here today , ” said ms . champion , her voice beginning to crack .
to the surprise of absolutely no one ,
forrest gump ,
the hugely successful paramount film about a simpleton ' s journey over 40 years , was the big winner today when the 67th annual academy awards nominations were announced . the movie received 13 nominations , just one shy of the record set by
all about eve
in 1950 . they included best picture , director ( robert zemeckis ) , actor ( tom hanks ) and supporting actor ( gary sinise ) .
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home from home ( german : die andere heimat – chronik einer sehnsucht ) is a 2013 german drama film directed by edgar reitz .

it was screened out of competition at the 70th venice international film festival .

it is shot in black-and-white , but there are some colour sequences .

it is a prequel to the heimat film series and concerns the simon family living in the fictional hunsrück village of schabbach from 1840 – 1844 .

home from home was screened at the venice film festival in september 2013 .

the film was awarded a score of 70 on critical aggregator website metacritic , indicating generally favorable reviews .

home from home ( 2013 film )

jan dieter schneider , right , in edgar reitz’s home from home . photograph : pr
there are no featured reviews for home from home : chronicle of a vision ( die andere heimat ) at this time .
nearly four hours long ,
home from home
is imbued with the villagers ' attachment to the land , but while dutifully capturing the period , the film feels less layered than mr . reitz ' s past work .
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home from home is especially strong at presenting neighboring towns as separate worlds , a la thomas hardy , far enough apart by horse or foot to be as distant as foreign lands .
home from home : chronicle of a vision is a daunting four hours long , but so immersive and exquisitely photographed that time shoots by in the manner of the best box set .
from the perspective of those who’re about to leave it behind . though the second
a magnificent , career - capping achievement from one of the great storytellers of our era .
deeply embedded in a sense of local community and the familiar rhythms of the changing seasons , the grape harvest and annual festivals , home from home evokes the work of thomas hardy and the look of photographer ansel adams .
thank you nfb for having this unique film / documentary available to screen . i really enjoyed learning about rae spoon , and i now consider myself a fan . the film seemed very creative , and i enjoyed the unique style that chelsea mcmullan utilized . i will watch for more work from her .
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reitz has his fans and festivals should have no problems selling out houses for home from home , though theatrical action will again be hampered by the project’s super - sized running time , unless distributors want to release the film in two parts ( it was shown in venice as one feature but with the word “intermission” in the subtitles about 100 minutes into the 230 - minute feature ) .
“home run is a powerful parable showing us what god can do for a person who hits bottom . many who come from dysfunctional homes or deal with addictions will find a ray of hope as they watch this film . this is a tool churches and ministries can use now and for decades to come . ”
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my prairie home is a beautiful sensitive film that complicates gender through a combination of spoon ' s autobiographical storytelling , her evocative contemplative music , and the alienating lonely prairie landscape . a fine example of using a local individual story to examine larger issues of gender discrimination , religious baggage , and the difficulties of coming home . as well , the film possesses a quintessential nfb aesthetic that evokes how landscape shapes our identity as canadians .
“home run is a powerful story of recovery and redemption . i would encourage churches and individuals to fully support this important film and its impacting message . as opening weekend is so critical to the future potential reach of the film , i cannot encourage others strongly enough to join me in attending a showing the weekend of friday - saturday , april 19 - 21 . it is well worth the effort ! ”
“home run shows us that a change is possible by turning to god ' s power . ”
celebrated german auteur edgar reitz again returns to the fictional hunsrueck village of schabbach and the simon family in home from home : chronicle of a vision ( die andere heimat : chronik einer sehnsucht ) , though the events take place in the 19th rather than the 20th century , of which reitz is one of the foremost german - language chroniclers .
against the background of rural germany in the middle of the 19th century when whole villages suffering from famine and poverty emigrated to faraway south america , edgar reitz tells a dramatic family and love story that centers on two brothers who are forced to choose between leaving and staying . a valuable addition to reitz’s internationally renowned heimat project , home from home is a compelling portrait of a time of flux and change . originally shown at the venice biennale , the film has been rapturously received and now finally arrives to enthrall and engage uk audiences . the writing , direction and performances are absolutely first - rate and if this does down bring the curtain down on the director’s heimat series it is a more than fitting conclusion .
the protagonist of home from home is jakob ( newcomer jan dieter schneider ) , a bookish lad who is one of the three children of margarethe ( marita breuer ) and johann simon ( ruediger kriese ) , the latter the blacksmith of reitz ' s fictional schabbach , in the hilly hunsrueck region in the rhineland in what is now the western part of germany , near the border with luxembourg .
german filmmaker edgar reitz ' s latest epic ' heimat ' project is a four - hour black - and - white film that looks at life in rural schabbach in the mid - 1800s .
“home run portrays the church in its beauty—true life transformation through real and honest relationships with one another and with jesus . ”
“home run is an entertaining , well - written movie with a powerful evangelistic message that should be seen by everyone . ”
“home run really hit home for me . i ' m a former pro baseball player with an alcoholic father . only through a personal relationship with jesus was i able to avoid going down the road of addiction . god bless this movie . ”
“home run is a great reminder that our problems in the flesh can be healed through christ and his redeeming love . ”
“home run is not only a great movie , it ' s a story of hope that people have to see . ”
reitz ( who was in his eighties during production ) directs with peerless finesse , as he mines authenticity from an inexperienced cast and brings a bygone era to vivid and engrossing life .
“home run is a powerful story of the redemption of our past , present and future for the glory of god . this timeless message is delivered through a baseball story and a man ' s key relationships . we can all relate at some level to parts of this story which makes this movie so compelling . i would highly recommend this film to everyone . ”
“home run reminds us of the power of forgiveness , the richness of redemption , and the wisdom of trusting god to revive us . ”
in this feature documentary - musical by chelsea mcmullan , indie singer rae spoon takes us on a playful , meditative and at times melancholic journey . set against majestic images of the infinite expanses of the canadian prairies , the film features spoon crooning about their queer and musical coming of age . interviews , performances and music sequences reveal spoon’s inspiring process of building a life of their own , as a trans person and as a musician . official selection at the 2014 sundance film festival .
“i wholeheartedly support the new movie home run . inspiring and entertaining are just a couple of words to describe this faith - based film . the message , ' god is there for anyone—it is never too late to come to him and he will help—no matter what circumstance you are facing ' comes through loudly and clearly . don ' t miss your chance to support this great movie . ”
“home run is a great example of how our pride and the world ' s view can get in the way of god ' s plan . ”
“home run is a must - see story of change and redemption—a story all of us need to hear and know . freedom is possible with god in our lives ! ”
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“home run is a gripping movie that reminds us with god ' s help , we can break free of whatever is holding us back . this movie is a solid hit ! ”
“i was amazed to see how home run paralleled my life and career in baseball , and the addictions and issues i have dealt with in my lifetime . only through the grace of god and my personal relationship with jesus christ , my lord and savior , i have been transformed and redeemed . without question , i truly believe home run will help transform people ' s lives . glory to god ! ”
“i love the heart and the message of home run : no matter what you ' ve done or what you ' ve endured , with christ … freedom and redemption is possible . i am living proof . ”
sometimes a movie has to take four hours . if you stay that long , you not only learn to know the characters , they get under your skin . a prussian village . not boiling yet , because 1848 revolts are some years away , but there are signs . so far people just emigrate , to brazil in this case , leaving centuries of traditions behind . a sign of something arriving . the minds aren ' t satisfied . but the main story is about the village , as a small society and universe there the borders are too close . but the film is anyway focused on individuals . trying to get shelter from the storm . which goes on in their souls
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through the many books he’s devoured , jakob has become able to decipher texts in spanish , french , english and portuguese ( a little suspension of disbelief is required here , since no school teacher or much study time ever seems to make an appearance , though education had become compulsory in prussia by 1815 ; as in his other historical films , reitz clearly picks and chooses what he wants to incorporate ) . tales about the amazon have jakob’s special interest and his dream of making it to the new world and escaping the dreary and poverty - stricken village of his birth seem to inch closer when a flemish man ( jeroen perceval , from cannes competition film borgman ) comes into a nearby town to look for men who’d be interested in emigrating to the empire of brazil .
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“home run is great for not only baseball fans , but anyone looking to be inspired . the story provides an important reminder that no matter how successful we are , we are all affected by the issues that come along . only through jesus we can find the peace and comfort to live this life . ”
“home run is a compelling story of redemption and restoration . it ' s a powerful tale that offers hope for anyone struggling with past or present hurt or addictions . the well - told narrative reminds you that no matter where you ' re at today , tomorrow can be better . definitely a must see . ”
“home run is a very inspiring and uplifting movie that helps both believers and non - believers realize hardships in life can be overcome with the help of god and god alone . it proves life is not about what has happened to us , but how we choose to respond . with god any response is possible . ”
“the message of home run is one every baseball player , coach , and parent needs to hear . without christ in one ' s life true peace and contentment can never be found . god can mold us and make us when we allow him to do so ! a great movie with an even greater message . ”
though in several ways related to the previous heimat films , this beautifully shot black - and - white feature is accessible even for those unfamiliar with reitz’s previous work . in its essence , it’s the story of a poor but knowledge - hungry son of a provincial blacksmith in the 1840s who dreams of emigrating to south america , though the almost four - hour film also offers a look at the protagonist’s extended family and their neighbors , acquaintances and lovers that again suggests much wider things about german ( or , rather , pre - germany prussian ) society as a whole .
jakob’s sister , lena ( melanie fouche ) , has already moved out of the village to live with her husband ( martin schleimer ) , a winegrower in the moselle region , while there’s a gentle rivalry between jakob and his older brother , gustav ( maximilian scheidt ) , though the latter is a more practical young man - - even when it comes to impregnating the beautiful jettchen ( antonia bill ) from the village down the road , on whom jakob has had his eye but whom gustav’ll be forced to marry .
venue : venice film festival ( out of competition ) production companies : edgar reitz filmproduktion , les films du losange , ard degeto , br , wdr , arte , cine plus , arte france cast : jan dieter schneider , antonia bill , maximilian scheidt , marita breuer , ruediger kriese , philine lembeck , melanie fouche , eva zeidler , reinhard paulus , barbara philipp director : edgar reitz screenwriter : edgar reitz , gert heidenreich producer : christian reitz co - producer : margaret menegoz director of photography : gernot roll production designer : tony gerg , hucky hornberger music : michael riessler costume designer : esther amuser editor : uwe klimmeck sales : arri worldsales no rating , 230 minutes .
jakob’s pompous voice - over , read from his diary - - which sounds pretty much like what a young man who tries to imitate the great writers he reads would sound like - - helps guide the audience’s eyes , which is further aided by the work of regular heimat cinematographer gernot roll , whose supple camera moves around schabbach as if it had lived there all its life . again , roll and reitz experiment with contrasting black - and - white footage with color , here by very occasionally giving small elements a dollop of pigmentation in the otherwise crisp monochrome visuals . it’s a gamble that doesn’t quite pay off , as it lends an artificial sheen to the proceedings and draws attention to matters that don ' t always have an obvious narrative value ( one of the first things to show up in color is part of an interior wall , which turns out to be baby blue for no discernable reason ) .
walesa . czlowiek z nadziei ( walesa . man of hope ) , dir : andrzej wajda , ewa brodzka
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die andere heimat - chronik einer sehnsucht is a movie starring jan dieter schneider , antonia bill , and maximilian scheidt . jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in brazil .
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jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in brazil .
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ere is the fifth epic in edgar reitz’s supra - epic heimat series about the fictional german village of schabbach in the 20th century ; this takes us back to the 19th , with dirt - poor farmers and labourers dreaming of escape by emigrating to brazil . the movie’s german title is die andere heimat ( that is , the other homeland ) and it’s subtitled chronik einer sehnsucht — the english version translates this last word as “vision” though “longing” is more accurate and apposite .
reitz films in a beautiful , crystalline monochrome with incidental details picked out in colour , which often has the effect of flattening the perspective of each shot and making it close to a hyperreal engraving . it is nearly four hours , but never dull for a moment ; indeed , there is a boxset addictiveness to the whole thing .
jakob ( played by jan dieter schneider , looking weirdly like a germanic zach braff ) is a dreamer , a romantic , a reader , always getting yelled at by his blacksmith dad for idling . he has conceived a passionate desire to leave the grind and oppression and emigrate to the promised land of brazil — a “homeland” that is an alternative both to germany and the church’s feebly promised heaven .
perhaps , like the godfather movies , the heimat series will be re - edited in narrative sequence , and this will confer a greater , or a different meaning to the events in this movie . at present , it is superlatively well performed and well directed with a real narrative grip .
this beautifully shot black - and - white feature is accessible even for those unfamiliar with reitz ' s previous work .
on paper it is a yawn , especially when you clock the four - hour running time , but you will be sucked in to the lives of the characters and the mesmerising detail of their existence .
the first masterpiece of 2015 . spellbinding , lyrical and breathtaking . epic in scope while intimate in its humanism . i could have watched 4 more hours .
for all of its evident toil in recreating historically accurate environments and researching the precise conditions in varying regions , it has little force as a work of cinema .
it is nearly four hours , but never dull for a moment ; indeed , there is a boxset addictiveness to the whole thing .
a four - hour plunge into rural prussia and the hopes , dreams and misfortunes of a blacksmith ' s family . twitter
, which is often translated as “homeland” ) still means if a person decides to pack up all his belongs and leave not only their village but their country of birth to start completely anew on the other side of the world . much more than a specific place , the characters seem to hang on to a particular feeling of belonging to a family and community with its shared joys ( weddings , babies . . . ) and sorrows ( illnesses , deaths . . . ) , something they paradoxically might quite easily find in brazil as well .
reitz’ sense of composition is often striking , however , with especially the landscapes with its placid rivers , abundant vineyards and solitary cherry trees lending the day - to - day activities of the poor characters an appropriate grandeur that suggests each single being has its role in the epic of their own lives . by contrast , the austere and dilapidated interiors of the late production designer tony gerg offer a grim visual reminder of the abject poverty of rural prussia in the mid - 1800s that was a direct cause of the mass emigration to other shores .
acting , much of it in a mix of german and the hunsrueckish dialect , is uniformly solid , with non - professional newcomer schneider a true find . filmmaker and occasional actor werner herzog has an amusing if somewhat distracting cameo as well - known naturalist , linguist and explorer alexander von humboldt .
and several songs sung by philine lembeck , who plays a dear friend of jettchen who ' s also practically folded into the simon clan . the old - fashioned score is sometimes grating and too often used to glue the narrative ' s occasionally disparate parts together .
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