Top 8 in Top 8 best films of talented director Zhang Yimou.
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Genre: Nationalist, Revolutionary
Duration: 116 minutes
Actors: Truong Nghi, Vu Hoa Vy, Tan Hai Lo, Chu Ya Van
Release year: 2021
Cliff Walkers is the latest movie project of director Zhang Yimou. The film will be released in China at the end of April 2021.The film starring Truong Dich, Vu Hoa Vy, Qin Hai Lo... is set in the 1930s when communist spies who had been specially trained in the Soviet Union returned to China on a special operation. nicknamed "Utro". However, a traitor in the organization ruined the plan and put the rest of them in danger from the very first second they set foot in the country where they were born.
Cliff Walkers is impressed not only by director Zhang Yimou's experienced directing talent but also by the harsh reality of the project. According to the disclosure, the film crew had to perform scenes in the rain and snow of minus 40 degrees Celsius in Snow Village in Heilongjiang province. Zhang Yimou is demanding in the acting of young actors along with the scenes that require as much realism as possible to complete the film.
Cliff Walkers is also said to be the last film project that Zhang Yimou directs before retiring. Released from April 30, 2021, the work recorded a box office revenue of 1.19 billion yuan (more than 186 million USD). This is considered a high level of revenue for a picky art film project.