10° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Feature Film Competition 1992
Shuang-Qi-Zhen daoke
by Ping He
Two knights meet each other by the side of trail that, through the desert, leads to "DoubleFlag Town". One is Sand FIyer, a mercenary who is proud of robbing rich and giving poor. The other one is Haige, who's going to the village to claim his promised bride, Haomei, cripple's daughter. The cripple is his brotherinlaw, which the father, a great swordsman, sent him on, before dying. The village gets a microcosm where the vicissitudes of courtship and love are soon replaced by bloody duel between Haige and two fierce bandits who terrorize the country.
"The story of Swordsman in DoubleFlag Town comes from a folk legend in the Northwestern part of China. It has no definite time setting. The challenge between my partners and myself is how to transform our imagination into reality on the screen. and at the same time, win acknowledgement and appreciation from our audience. Therefore, it is an attempt to transform creative imagination into reality. The story of Swordsman could be put in a few words. But to make a simple story into a standard film need imagination as well as sentiments. Hence, it is not only an attempt to enlarge and develop an episode, but also an experiment in depicting a simple plot through complicated approaches." (He Ping)
Biography
film director
He Ping
He Ping was born in Beijing in 1957 and descends from the Manchu. He passed entry examinations and was enrolled in the Beijing Scientific and Educational Film Studio. He participated in the production of documentary films, scientific and educational films, stage art films and feature films. He was transferred to Xi'an Film Studio in 1985 to work as a director.
FILMOGRAFIA
Kwashima Yoshiko (1989), Shuang Qi Zhen Dao Ke (The Swordsman in Double-Flag Town, 1990).
Cast
& Credits
Screenplay: Yang Zheng Guang, He Ping.
Director of photography: Ma De Lin.
Art director: Qian Yun Xuan.
Editor: Yuan Hong.
Music: Tao Long.
Sound: Wei Jia, Hong Yi.
Cast and characters: Gao Wei (Hai Ge), Zhao Ma Na (Hao Mei), Chang Jiang (Que Zi), Sun Hai Ying (Yi Dao Xian), Wang Gang (Sha Li Fei).
Director of Production: Zhao Wan Min.
Production company: Xi'an Film Studio, 70 Xiying Road, 710054 Xi'an, China, tel. 861 55981, telex 700213, fax 861711585.
Foreign sales agent: China Film Export & Import Corporation, 25 Xin Wai Street, 100010 Beijing, Cina.