Choko Elegy (Japanese Title)

[Machine Translation] Golden Lion Grand Prix at the 2006 Venice International Film Festival! A masterpiece by the young Chinese master filmmaker JIA Zhang-ke, who has been compared to Yasujiro Ozu and Angelopoulos! This film depicts the reality of ordinary people in the much talked about country of China. Against the backdrop of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, the second largest national project since the Great Wall of China after the Olympic Games, this gem of a human drama depicts the blink of "life" of the ordinary people. --The Three Gorges, a scenic spot on the Yangtze River, a great river, is set along its banks. The story centers on Sanmin, a coal miner from Shanxi Province who comes to reunite with his wife and child whom he separated 16 years ago, and Shen Hong, who searches for her husband whom she has not heard from in two years. The film tells a story of "life" of ordinary people who live each day to the fullest despite being tossed about by the swell of the times.

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2006年ベネチア国際映画祭 金獅子賞グランプリ! 小津安二郎、アンゲロプロスにもたとえられた中国の若き名匠ジャ・ジャンクーの最高傑作!! 本作が描くのは、話題の国・中国の、市井の人々の現実。オリンピックに次ぐ万里の長城以来の一大国家事業、長江・三峡ダム建設を背景に、市井の人々の「生」の瞬きを描く珠玉のヒューマンドラマ。――大河・長江の景勝の地、三峡。舞台はそのほとり、二千年の歴史を持ちながら、ダム建設によって伝統や文化も、記憶や時間も水没していく運命にある古都。16年前に別れた妻子に再会するため、山西省からやってきた炭鉱夫サンミンと、2年間音信不通の夫を探すシェン・ホンの2人を軸に描かれる、時代のうねりに翻弄されながらも日々を精一杯に生きる市井の人々の「生」の物語。