''Saturday Fiction'' ( zh, c=兰心大剧院 ) is a 2019 Chinese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Lou Ye Lou Ye (), born 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter-director who is commonly grouped with the " Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema. In June 2018, Lou was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Care ...

. Written by Yingli Ma and starring

Gong Li Gong Li ( zh, s=巩俐, t=鞏俐; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese-born Singaporean actress. She is regarded as one of the best actresses in China today, known for her versatility and naturalistic performances. She starred in three of the ...

, Mark Chao, and

Joe Odagiri Jō Odagiri (; born 16 February 1976), better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is most famous for portraying Yusuke Godai, the titular hero of the 2000 tokusatsu series '' Kamen Rider Kuuga''. Early life and education Joe Odag ...

, it was selected to compete for the

Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...

at the

76th Venice International Film Festival The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019, at Venice Lido in Italy. Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel was the jury president for the main competition. Alessandra Mastronardi hosted the ...

. The film had its premiere on 4 September 2019 at the festival. It was released theatrically on October 15, 2021 in China.

Cast

as Yu Jin * Mark Chao *

Pascal Greggory Pascal Greggory (born 8 September 1954) is a French actor. Personal life Greggory is openly gay. He had long-term relationships with Patrice Chéreau and François-Marie Banier. Filmography * '' Les Sœurs Brontë'' (1979) by André Téchiné ...

as Frédéric Hubert *

Tom Wlaschiha Thomas Wlaschiha is a German actor. Internationally, he is known for his roles as Jaqen H'ghar in the second, fifth and sixth seasons of the TV series ''Game of Thrones'', as well as Sebastian Berger in the police procedural ''Crossing Lines'' ...

as Saul Speyer * Huang Xiangli *

Wang Chuanjun Wang Chuanjun (; born 18 October 1985), also known as Eric Wang, is a Chinese actor and host. Wang is noted for playing Sekitani Kamiya in the romantic comedy television series ''iPartment'', which enjoyed the highest ratings in China when it w ...

* Ayumu Nakajima *

Zhang Songwen Zhang Songwen (; born 10 May 1976) is a Chinese actor and acting coach. After gaining local recognition for his role in the Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-T ...

Release

The film was selected to compete for the

at the

, where it had premiered on 4 September 2019. Later that month the film played at the 57th New York Film Festival It was also selected as closing film of

11th Beijing International Film Festival The 11th Beijing International Film Festival () was held in Beijing, China. Hosted by the Beijing Municipal Government and the China Media Group, the festival opened on September 21 with the Chinese 2021 film '' The Battle at Lake Changjin'' by ...

to be screened on 29 September 2021.

References

External links

*
''Saturday Fiction''
on

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