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Canneseries: China’s ‘To the Wonder’ Is a Politically Correct Tale of Multicultural Romance and Self-Discovery
China’s ‘To the Wonder, which played in competition at Canneseries, is a politically correct tale of multicultural romance and self-discovery.
In the case of IQiyi, which is a subsidiary of tech giant Baidu but has its own stock market listing on the NASDAQ, that transition has meant reduced content spending and a more rigorous approach to quality and investment in winning shows. The eight-part “To the Wonder,” which shares a title with the 2012 fantasy film by Terrence Malick but has no connection to it, is a big-budget heart-warmer that stars Ma Yili(“The First Half of My Life”), Zhou Yiran (“Across the Furious Sea”) and Yu Shi. Canneseries organizers called it “a contemplative tale that takes us all the way to the heart of the Xinjiang region and its disparate populations — the Hans (sic) or the Kazakhs [which] will surprise you by the beauty of its shots, its innocent humor, its pace changes and the poetry at its core.”
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