Film Based on Geling Yan's "13 Flowers of Nanjing" Opens in UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug/02/flowers-of-war-chinese-film

Zhang's latest production, The Flowers of War, hits British cinemas Friday – and aims even higher. This epic tale of the Nanjing massacre of 1937 had a budget of $100m, stars a western A-lister, and has almost half its dialogue in English. No Chinese film has ever pitched harder for the mainstream global audience Hollywood takes for granted. No Chinese film has failed harder, either.

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Glad to hear of this commercial release in the UK. Paper Republic can claim some bragging rights, as the author of the novel on which the film is based, and co-writer of the script, is Yan Geling, a member of this site.

Lawrence Walker, August 4, 2012, 1p.m.

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And Nicky Harman, who translated the novel into English, is also a member of this site!

Helen Wang, August 4, 2012, 3:36p.m.

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