21º Mostra Internacional de Cinema International Perspective
KEEP COOL

China   

Keep CoolZhang Yimou’s first film to be made in Peking today. This is a good-humored report on the changes in relationship and behavior in China today where the slogan is “Keep Cool! Let’s Talk!”In a society where people are always busy with no time to talk, young Xiao Shuai does his best to attract attention. He is a book seller in love with beautiful An Hong, a modern girl, liberated and very sexy. She, however, is already going out with a powerful and influential nouveau riche from the city, and she pays not the slightest attention to Xiao. Desperate, he does all he can to attract her attention including hiring sellers from the street market to continuously call out her name with a loud speaker in front of the building where she lives. Xiao is arrested and later meets Lao Zhang, a researcher who inadvertently joins in the conflict, but who even so tries to help him.

     Director

DIRECTOR: Zhang Yimou
SCREENPLAY: Shu Ping
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lu Yue
EDITION: Du Yuan
MUSIC: Zang Tianshuo
CAST: Jiang Wen, Li Baotian, Qu Ying, Ge You, Zhang Yimou
PRODUCER: Wang Qipeng
FESTIVALS: Veneza
PRODUCTION: Guang Xi Film Studio, 53001 Nan Ning City, Guang Xi, 26 North of You Ai Road
Tel/fax: 00 86 771 313-3739;

Beijing Ludao Xianshui Food, 100027, Chao Yang District, Pequim, 28 Xiao Yun Road; Shen Zhen Zhao Jing Building Materials Ltd.
Tel/fax: 00 86 755 664-8385
WORLD SALES: Sun Productions, Hong Kong Tel: 00 85 2 2542-2929 Fax: 00 85 2 2542-2510
ORIGINAL TITLE: Keep Cool
   Col., 91 min. 1997

Zhang Yimou

Born in Xi’an in 1950, Zhang Yimou was in high school when the Cultural Revolution assailed the country in 1966.When the Peking Cinema Academy held a national competition in 1978.