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The Best Is Yet To Come

Bu Zhi Bu Xiu

China | 2020, 114 min.

Eastern European Premiere

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Festival edition: 2020

Section: Competition 1-2

Dialogue language: Mandarin

Genre: drama

Description:

Beijing, 2003. Han Dong, like many other youths, gives up the security of a steady job in his hometown to pursue a dream in the big city. One of the top reporters at Jingcheng Daily has finally read one of his essays and is impressed with Han Dong’s sharp style. He appreciates that this is a gifted writer who is also driven and stubborn. He has all the qualities of a good journalist. Han Dong is offered an internship at the newspaper. Soon the young journalist uncovers the trafficking of forged health certificates for hepatitis B carriers. He decides to change the fate of 100 million people with a single article… A debut on China’s independent film scene, inspired by true events. Set in the aftermath of the SARS epidemic, the film touches on problems that, 17 years later, affect people all over the world. It echoes today’s global scenario, where politics and prejudices sometimes conflict with safety and health concerns.

Director(-s): Jing Wang

Film director, born in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China in 1984. He studied at the Beijing Film Academy. He started his career in 2007 as a director of commercials and documentaries, and served as an assistant director for several of Jia Zhang-ke’s films, including “A Touch of Sin” (2013), “Mountains May Depart” (2015) and “Ash Is Purest White” (2018). “The Best Is Yet to Come” (2020) is his feature-length directorial debut, selected for the 2020 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section as well as the Toronto Film Festival.

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2020 Bu Zhi Bu Xiu / The Best Is Yet to Come

Cast & Crew

Screenwriter: Wei Huang, Minmimn Hwong, Chengfeng Chen

Producer: Zhang-ke Jia

Editor: Matthieu Laclau

DOP: Yu Lik Wai

Cast: White K, Miao Miao, Zhang Songwen

Contact:

Momo Pictures (Production Company)

Wanjun Zhang

momopictures@immomo.com

Rediance (Sales Agent)

Jing Xu

jing@rediancefilms.com

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