Day and Night (2004 Chinese film)

Day and Night Chinese pinyin Rr yy is a 2004 Chinese film, and the second film by Sixth Generation writerdirector Wang Chao. It is also known, less accurately, as Night and Day. The film constitutes the second entry in Wang Chaos loose trilogy on modern China. It was preceded by Wangs 2001 debut, The Orphan of Anyang, and would be followed by Luxury Car in 2006. The film is a ChineseFrench coproduction between Fang Lis Laurel Films and Sylvain Busztejns Rosem Pictures in association with the China Film Fourth Group and Arte France Cinema Laurel and Rosem would later reunite to produce Luxury Car.

Day and Night premiered in several major international film festivals, notably the 2004 Adelaide Film Festival but also at Pusan and Hong Kong. However, the film would ultimately fail to garner the same level of acclaim that Wangs The Orphan of Anyang was able to, though it was more technically polished than the decidedly lowbudget Orphan. Critics such as Derek Elley derided the film as a curiously lifeless item that falls short of its seemingly mythic intent. As such, it is generally considered a less successful film than its predecessor.The film did manage to garner one major award, however, with the Golden Montgolfiere at the 2004 Nantes Three Continents Festival. ........

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