The Days (film)
The Days  is filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai's 1993 directorial debut.
Filmed entirely in black-and-white, "The Days" follows the life of Dong (played by actor and artist Liu Xiaodong), and Chun (Yu Hong), married artists who have recently graduated from the Beijing Art Institute.
Living meagerly in the hope of making enough money off their works, it soon becomes obvious to everyone but themselves that the marriage has begun to die.
Wang's first film on his own after graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989, "The Days" was shot on a meager budget of less than $10,000 (U.S.), with filming on the weekends with Wang's friends playing the lead roles.
Made outside of the state film system, "The Days" was blacklisted upon its release by the Chinese Film Bureau.
On the international front, however, the film was seen in a different light.
Riding the high that Chinese cinema was enjoying abroad at the time (notably by older directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige), Wang Xiaoshuai's small independent film was an early indication that a new movement was beginning to supplant the old one.
Wang Xiaoshuai
Wang Xiaoshuai (born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor.
He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixth Generation" of the Cinema of China..
Like others in this generation, and in contrast with earlier Chinese filmmakers who produced mostly historical drama, Wang proposed a “new urban Chinese cinema [that] has been mainly concerned with bearing witness of a fast- paced transforming China and producing a localized critique of globalization.”
Many of Wang's works are known for their sensitive portrayal of teens and youths, most notable in films such as "Beijing BicycleSo Close to ParadiseDrifters", and "Shanghai Dreams".
His 2008 film "
In Love We Trust" was an exception as it portrays marital strains.
In 2010 Wang was appointed a "chevalier" of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
He also served as a member of the jury of the BigScreen Italia Film Festival 2006, held in Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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