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Lu Chuan on U.S.-China Tensions, New Projects ‘Puffer Fish Girl’ and ‘You Are My Daughter,’ Plus ‘Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wildlife Park’ Doc (EXCLUSIVE)
Lu Chuanon how U.S.-China tensions are complicating his custody drama 'You Are My Daughter' plus new projects 'Puffer Fish Girl' and wildlife doc.
“In the beginning, that project goes very smoothly, but all of a sudden, you know, there’s a lot of conflicts between these two countries,” Lu Chuan tells Variety during the Cannes Film Festival, where he was promoting his wildlife documentary about the Tibetan Plateau. The director of acclaimed films including “Mountain Patrol” (2004), “City of Life and Death” (2009), and “The Missing Gun” (2002), Lu Chuan has completed the script for “You Are My Daughter,” which follows two Chinese international students who have a baby in the U.S. but become embroiled in an eight-year lawsuit. This philosophical approach has guided his choice of projects, with Lu Chuan selecting stories he can personally relate to, including “Bureau 749,” which was inspired by his son’s wish to fly away from academic pressures.
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