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Huo Meng’s Berlinale Competition Title ‘Living the Land’ Snapped Up by ARP for France (EXCLUSIVE)
ARP has taken distribution rights in France to Huo Meng’s Berlinale competition title “Living the Land,” which will have its world premiere Friday.
ARP has taken distribution rights in France to Huo Meng ’s Berlinale competition title “Living the Land,” which will have its world premiere Friday. Set in 1991, as China is going through sweeping socio-economic changes, “Living the Land” follows 10-year-old Chuang, whose family is caught between the weight of tradition and the pull of progress. The distributor has been instrumental in introducing Asian cinema to French audiences, bringing acclaimed titles such as Zhang Yimou’s “Raise the Red Lantern” (Venice Silver Lion), “The Story of Qiu Ju” (Venice Golden Lion), “To Live” (Cannes Grand Prize), Chen Kaige’s “Farewell My Concubine” (Cannes Palme d’Or), and Wong Kar-wai’s early films, from “Days of Being Wild” to “Happy Together.”
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