Director: Wu Tianming
Script.: Wu Tianming, Luo Xueying, Xiao Jianghong
Cinema.: Wang Tianlin
Edit.: Peng Wang
Sound: Wang Cheng Rui
Music: Zhang Dalong
Cast: Li Mincheng, Zheng Wei, Hu Xianxu, Zhang Xiqian, Chi Peng, Ji Bo
Production: Wu Tianming, Xi'an Qujiang Dremagarden Pictures, Shaanxi Jinghaoze Film & Culture Co.ltd
Contact : Ivanhoe Pictures
1840 century ParkEast 14th Floor
LOS ANGELES CA 90067 - USA
Phone: +1 424 281 5414
[email protected]
www.ivanhoepictures.com
Year: 2012
HDCAM, Color, 105 min, Mandarin with English Subtitles
A young boy and his father come to meet Jiao, a master of “suona”, the traditional Chinese wind instrument. The old musician plays with his orchestra for weddings or funerals. He will not only teach two young disciples the art of playing this musical instrument, but will also inculcate them with traditional values, even if it is not easy for them in daily life. A poetical and melancholic film bringing hope, “Song of the Phoenix“, reveals both the sadness of the director faced with the marginalization of traditional arts confronted with technical progress as well as cultural and economical globalization, and his optimism about the perpetuation of art in general.
