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Li Ruijun, "Regresso ao pó"

16.12.2022

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‘Return to Dust’ Review: A Compassionate but Cautious Chinese Drama of Rural Lives Ennobled by Sacrifice

In a decimated Chinese village, a downtrodden couple in an arranged marriage forge an unexpected bond as they eke a living from the land.

By Jessica Kiang

Courtesy of Berlinale

A later-life love story of the gentlest kind, Li Ruijun‘s “Return to Dust” is an absorbing, beautifully framed drama that makes a virtue — possibly too much a virtue — of simplicity. The story is straightforward: Two lonely middle-aged people, each barely tolerated by their more worldly family members, are pushed into an arranged marriage, which quietly blossoms into a companionable love match. The lead characters are simple, or are believed to be by their scornful neighbors, as they pursue a punishingly traditional farming lifestyle with only a long-suffering donkey to lighten the backbreaking load. Crops grow, seasons turn and anything too biting or topical or politically charged, the film simply avoids.

Li’s sixth feature unfolds in a small village in Gaotai (the director’s home region), which is being whittled away as its inhabitants move to the cities for work. The towering sand dunes nearby provide an evocatively dusty metaphor for what the future holds: Due to a government edict encouraging the demolition of uninhabited structures, dwellings are worth more to their absent owners as piles of rubble. This is a worry for Youtie Ma (Wu Renlin) and his new wife Guiying Cao (Hai Qing) as upon their marriage, briskly arranged by family members no longer willing to support them, they move into one of those empty houses only to have to relocate to another when the municipal bulldozers show up.

Middle-aged Ma is first shown sharing his meal with his donkey while his relatives discuss his upcoming nuptials. Cao, who suffers from incontinence and a painful limp and is more taciturn even than Ma, later confesses that seeing him treat the animal with kindness was when she realized that marriage to him might be preferable to her current misery. “That donkey had a better life than me,” she states, so evenly it doesn’t feel like self-pity.

Indeed this pair are possibly the least self-pitying people on earth. Yoked together without much say in the matter, they quickly get to work on their small patch of land. The almost procedural interest Li has in the farming process provides some of the film’s most oddly mesemerizing sequences: Cao, sitting on the plow so that the plowshare bites deeper under her weight; Ma laying out mud bricks in a spiral to dry, or hand-scything wheat at harvest time. These scenes are also elevated by DP Wang Weihua’s camerwork, which finds grace and dignity in hard work, without overly romancing it. Exteriors are wide, with the couple often dwarfed by the natural world, interiors are warm despite their shabbiness. When Ma fashions an incubator for chicks from a cardboard box, the speckled, mirrorball effect of the light spilling out is subtly magical, cues picked up in the lovely score from Peyman Yazdanian.

The poignancy of their burgeoning relationship is the film’s patiently ticking driving force. Cao waits for Ma to return from town on a freezing night, clutching a flask of hot tea for him, and returning several times to the house to reheat it when Ma is late. When he finally shows up, it is a subtle turning point in their relationship: Neither seems able to believe their luck at the gift they have found in the other. There is a broad supporting cast of siblings and uncles and a catty Greek chorus of villagers gossiping at a crossroads, but the film is really a two-hander, and both Wu Renlin and Hai Qing are completely at one with their heroically decent characters.

But it’s a heroism based on a discomfiting level of self-sacrifice, of turning the other cheek and accepting without complaint the meager scraps from someone else’s banquet. Ma has the same rare blood type as an ailing local landlord-boss, and regularly gives pints of blood to help him: He’s literally being bled dry by the big guy. Cao works her frail body to its limits, often electing to walk rather than ride the cart to avoid overloading the donkey. “You were used by others for most of your life, haven’t you had enough?” Ma asks the unbudging animal when he finally decides to remove its ever-tinkling bell and set it free. But he could be talking about the conditioning he and Cao have undergone to believe that this hard, thankless life is all they could ever deserve.

As a portrait of the dying end of a traditional way of life and the rapid decimation of China’s outlying rural communities, “Return to Dust” is potent, often poetic in its encroaching-dustbowl imagery. As a meditation on the rewards of later-life companionship, it is elegiac, blessed with two unusually sympathetic, restrained performances. But the movie’s warm heart distracts from the absence of fire in its belly: Where is the anger at the injustice of any society demanding so much from people who ask from it so little? At one point, as they tend to their first crop, Cao cradles a lone green shoot that has been uprooted and looks to Ma in distress. “Don’t worry,” Ma says, in sage mode, “If a seedling dies, it nourishes the soil, so other things can grow.” That is true, of course, but it is pretty cold comfort for the seedling.

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"El regreso de las golondrinas": la historia de amor imposible de comprender para Occidente y que China censuró

Asisto a un milagro en una sala de cine medio vacía con aire acondicionaado y calma envasada al vacío en los Renoir Plaza de España. Me emociono al ver una película llena de significado, cargada de futuro. Participo en la emocionante liturgia del buen cine, y para mí, es sinónimo de cine emocionante. Inesperadamente, sin pretenderlo, sin grandes alaracas de la crítica, sin ir con unas…

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RETURN TO DUST (2022) 隐入尘烟 dir. Li Ruijun

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Return to Dust (Chinese: 隐入尘烟; pinyin: Yǐn rù chényān) is a Chinese drama film written and directed by Li Ruijun. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Berlinale. The film, which runs to 133 minutes, is mainly spoken in a rural Gansu dialect.

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Liste culturelle 2023

JANVIER

LIVRES

Le mur invisible de Marlen Haushofer

Histoire du Protestantisme de Jean Baudérot

FILMS

Godland de Hlynur Palmason

Dune de Denis Villeneuve

FEVRIER

SERIES

Tuca and Bertie de Lisa Hanawalt

Demon Slayer de Koyoharu Gotoge

FILMS

Le Retour des hirondelles de Li Ruijun

Wasabi de Gérald Krawczyk

All of Them Witches de Mona Panchal

LIVRES

Chaque geste compte. Manifeste contre l'impuissance publique de Dominique Bourg et Johann Chapoutot

La cabane magique. Panique à Pompéi de Mary Pope Osborne

Assassination classroom de Yusei Matsui

MARS

SERIES

Hollywood de Ryan Murphy

Supernatural de Eric Kripke

LIVRE

L’existentialisme est un humanisme de Jean-Paul Sartre

FILM

Fight Club de David Fincher

AVRIL

LIVRES

Peter Pan de Barrie

Informal beauty. The photograhs of Paul Nash de Simon Grant

Perceptions de Nathalie Man

La société des personnes vulnérables. Leçons féministes d’une crise. de Najat Vallaud-Belkacem et Sandra Laugier

Les hommes sont absents de Nathalie Man

FILMS

Bullet Train de David Leitch

Atonement de Joe Wright

Porco Rosso de Hayao Miyazaki

BlacKKKlansman de Spike Lee

Hokusai de Hajime Hashimoto

MAI

FILMS

It follows de David Robert Mitchell

Midsommar de Ari Aster

Little women de Greta Gerwig

Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol.3 de James Gunn

LIVRES

Le chat noir et autres histoires de Edgar Allan Poe

Déclaration des droits de la femme et du citoyen de Olympe de Gouges

JUIN

LIVRES

Émotions, souffrance, délivrance de Doctor Tuan Anh Tran

Capital: Vientiane de Guez, Pichelin and Troub's

Something to hide. Exploration des messages cachés du rock de Diego Gil et Johann Guyot

FILMS

Air de Ben Affleck

Eating our way to extinction de Kate Winslet

Susan, jour après jour de Stéphane Manchematin et Serge Steyer

Palm Springs de Marx Barbakow

Mike and Dave need wedding dates de Jake Szymanski

Clueless de Amy Heckerling

Spider-Man : Across the Spider-Verse de Joaquim dos Santos, Kemp Powers et Justin K.Thompson

JUILLET

LIVRES

Bathory. La comtesse maudite d'Anne-Perrine Couet

Une rainette en automne (et plus…) de Linnea Sterte

FILMS

Prisoners de Denis Villeneuve

Tarzan de Kevin Lima et Chris Buck

Turning Red de Domee Shi

AOUT

FILMS

Mercenaire de Sacha Wolff

Behind every good man de Nikolai Ursin

The Fast and the Furious de Rob Cohen

Born behind stones de Carina Freire

Lands that Rises and Descends de Moona Pennanen

LIVRE

Des âmes et des saisons : Psycho-écologie de Boris Cyrulnik

SEPTEMBRE

FILMS

Body Samples de Astrid de la Chapelle

Galb'Echaouf d'Abdessamad El Montassir

La ciudad de los fotógrafos de Sebastian Moreno

Happiest Season de Clea DuVall

En communauté de Camille Octobre Laperche

Barbie de Greta Gerwig

Encanto de Byron Howard et Jared Bush

Mon amour, mon ami d'Adriano Valerio

Bottoms d'Emma Seligman

LIVRES

Lettres à un jeune poète de Rainer Maria Rilke

Ich de Martina Weinhart

Poèmes à la nuit de Rainer Maria Rilke

SERIE

Downtown Abbey d'après l'oeuvre de Julian Fellowes

OCTOBRE

FILMS

Downtown Abbey de Michael Engler

Downtown Abbey : Une nouvelle ère de Simon Curtis

Sur le rocher de Sandrine Rouxel

Dangereuse Alliance d'Andrew Fleming

Folie douce, folie dure de Marine Laclotte

The Craft : Les Nouvelles sorcières de Zoe Lister-Jones

Trois mille ans à t'attendre de George Miller

The Crow d'Alex Proyas

Le jardin des planches de Monique Barrière

On vous parle du Chili : Ce que disait Allende de Chris Marker et Miguel Littin

LIVRES

L’œil et l'Esprit de Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Vivian Maier en toute discrétion de Françoise Perron

Des histoires vraies de Sophie Calle

Henri Cartier-Bresson des collections Photo Poche et introduction écrite par Jean Clair

Palm Springs 1960 - Robert Doisneau par Jean-Paul Dubois

Vivian Maier Self-Portraits de John Maloof et Elizabeth Avedon

NOVEMBRE

FILMS

Crimson Peak de Guillermo del Toro

Astérix et Obélix. Mission Cléopâtre d'Alain Chabat

Le Garçon et le Héron d'Hayao Miyazaki

Hamama & Caluna d'Andreas Muggli

Journal de Sébastien Laudenbach

In Paris Parks de Shirley Clarke

LIVRES

Ces hommes qui m'expliquent la vie de Rebecca Solnit

Pulp Poiesis : Écriture(s) en suspens(ion) d'Alizée Pichot

Enfant de la nuit polaire de Julia Nikitina

DECEMBRE

LIVRES

Nouveaux poèmes suivi de Requiem par Rainer Maria Rilke

Pampilles de Florentine Rey

Notes sur la mélodie des choses et autres textes de Rainer Maria Rilke

FILMS

Willy's Wonderland de Kevin Lewis

Family Switch de Joseph McGinty Nichol

Skyscraper de Shirley Clarke

Le monde après nous de Sam Esmail

Sensitive Content de Narges Kalhor

Snow Job : the Media Hyteria of Aids de Barbara Hammer

They Are Lost to Vision Altogether de Tom Kalin

Autour d'eux, la nuit de Vassili Schémann

Blight de John Smith

Tér d'Istvan Szabo

Chicken Run : La Menace nuggets de Sam Fell

SERIE

Lupin de George Kay et François Uzan

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Regresso ao Pó

CHN, 2022

Ruijun Li

8/10

Um Amor Improvável

Esta é a história de um amor improvável num mundo à beira da extinção.

Numa China capitalista, onde a economia cresce a um ritmo alucinante, deixou de existir lugar para os camponeses, que vivem autosuficientes do que produzem, nas casas de adobe que constroem e que o governo subsidia a demolição. Há que mudá-los para bairros sociais, onde as casas têm varandas e muita luz. Mas como bem refere o protagonista, onde ponho o burro e as galinhas?

O retrato de uma China rural à beira da extinção e do amor improvável entre um casal de camponeses, enjeitados pelas suas famílias, que constroem uma vida simples, mas feliz, na casa que erigiram com as próprias mãos, do trabalho incansável no campo.

Um poema à velha China, que desaparece rapidamente, à mercê de especuladores que conduzem BMW e sugam aos camponeses até o sangue.

An unlikely love

This is the story of an unlikely love in a world on the brink of extinction.

In a capitalist China, where the economy is growing at an astounding pace, there is no longer a place for peasants, who live self-sufficiently from what they produce, in the adobe houses they build and which the government subsidizes the demolition. They need to be moved to social neighborhoods, where the houses have balconies and lots of light. But as the protagonist rightly says, where do I put the donkey and the chickens?

The portrait of a rural China on the verge of extinction and the unlikely love between a couple of peasants, rejected by their families, who build a simple but happy life in the house they edified with their own hands, from tireless work in the fields.

A poem to old China, which quickly disappears, at the mercy of speculators who drive BMWs and suck the blood out of peasants.

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Tráiler (V.O.S.E.) de "El regreso de las golondrinas" (2022), de Li Ruijun. La humilde y sencilla Ma, y el tímido Cao, han sido expulsados de sus respectivas familias y obligados a contraer un matrimonio concertado. Ahora tendrán que aunar sus fuerzas y construir un hogar donde sobrevivir. En medio de la adversidad, comienza a forjarse entre ellos un vínculo, ya que tanto Ma como Cao, en sintonía con los ciclos de la Tierra, se crean un refugio en el que pueden prosperar. ESTRENO: 14 JULIO 2023.

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Friday Releases for July 21

Friday is the busiest day of the week for new releases, so we've decided to collect them all in one place. Friday Releases for July 21 include Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Ballad of Darren, and more.

Barbie

Barbie, the new movie from Greta Gerwig, is out today.

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer, the new movie from Christopher Nolan, is out today.

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.

Cobweb

Cobweb, the new movie from Samuel Bodin, is out today.

Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes that his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?

Fear The Night

Fear The Night, the new movie from Neil LaBute, is out today.

Follows Iraqi war veteran Tess, as she prepares to strike back after a group of home invaders attack during her sister’s bachelorette party, and she discovers that they are hellbent on not leaving any witnesses behind.

Return to Dust

Return to Dust, the new movie from Ruijun Li, is out today.

Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth’s cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive. A story about eternal love, against the odds.

They Cloned Tyrone

They Cloned Tyrone, the new movie from Juel Taylor, is out today.

An eerie series of events leads an unlikely trio (John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx) down a rabbit hole into a sinister neighborhood conspiracy.

The Venture Bros: Radiant Is The Blood Of The Baboon Heart

The Venture Bros: Radiant Is The Blood Of The Baboon Heart, the new movie from Christopher McCulloch, is out today.

After Hank suddenly disappears, Team Venture is forced to fight their way through conspiracies, mysteries, and plenty of villains to find Hank and restore the world as they once knew it.

Minx S2

The second season of Minx, the TV series from Ellen Rapoport, is out today.

After Doug and Joyce sell Bottom Dollar to a retired shipping magnate, Minx becomes a commercial success. Under new leadership, Doug struggles to maintain his control within Bottom Dollar while Joyce loses sight of her core beliefs as she rises to stardom. As our Bottom Dollar misfits go mainstream, they start to question who they’re becoming and what they really want from this newfound success.

Praise Petey

Praise Petey, the new TV series from Anna Drezen, is out today.

Petey, a New York City “it” girl, has it all until her life comes crashing down around her. However, as luck would have it, a mysterious gift from her father gives her a new lease on life: She’s going to “lean into” modernizing his small-town cult.

Pikmin 4

Pikmin 4, the new game from Nintendo, is out today.

Captain Olimar and the Rescue Corps have crash-landed on a mysterious planet, and only YOU can save them! Rise to the occasion and venture forth, brave explorer!

The Ballad of Darren

The Ballad of Darren, the new album from Blur, is out today.

MID AIR

MID AIR, the new album from Paris Texas, is out today.

Magic 2

Magic 2, the new album from Nas, is out today.

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‘Return to Dust’ Review: Grit Against All Odds

Li Ruijun’s newest feature is a touching portrait of love and resiliency that doubles as a critique of China’s ruling class. Source link

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Antonio Velardo shares: ‘Return to Dust’ Review: Grit Against All Odds by Austin Considine

By Austin Considine Li Ruijun’s newest feature is a touching portrait of love and resiliency that doubles as a critique of China’s ruling class. Published: July 20, 2023 at 07:00AM from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/jrLDABc via IFTTT

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《隐入尘烟》：令人心痛的爱与坚韧

AUSTIN CONSIDINE 2023年8月1日

武仁林和海清在《隐入尘烟》中。 FILM MOVEMENT

根据可靠报道，中国政府从未证实已将李睿珺令人黯然心痛的影片《隐入尘烟》封杀，它描绘了在甘肃一个崩溃的农村社区里感人至深的爱与坚韧。

尽管如此，这部电影去年秋天在国内成功首映两周后就从中国所有的影院和网络平台撤下。原因不难理解。中国的领导人向来压制那些揭露统治阶级和意识形态阴暗面的艺术作品，而李睿珺的影片正是如此，它的剧本偶有经过了改动的感觉。他成功了，影片并非为了揭露而揭露，也就是说，它很美，很有人情味——这大概就是这部电影如此具有威胁性的原因。

《隐入尘烟》由武仁林和海清出演，讲述了有铁和桂英的故事，这两个中年陌生人被想要摆脱他们的家庭推入包办婚姻。有铁是一个一贫如洗的农民，住在寒冷干旱的戈壁沙漠边缘一座破旧的泥砖房子里，实际上是他哥哥和当地一个商人的包身工。桂英有慢性病。她双手颤抖，无法控制自己的膀胱；不知道是她是生病在先，还是遭受家人的虐待在先。

随着尴尬的结合生出真正的信任和感情，他们的命运——甚至是那头吃苦受累的驴子的命运也得到了改善。他们的劳作方式是辛苦的��古老的、尘土飞扬的，但也很庄严——由电影摄影师王维华呈现出金色的、诗意的感觉。

不幸的是，我们已经看过太多的电影，知道这种不断恶化的颤抖预示着什么，也知道那头驴在那里观察到的是什么样的故事。除非他是史莱克的朋友，否则不可能是喜剧。

《隐入尘烟》。未评级。中文，有字幕。片长：2小时11分。目前在影院上映。

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Luoghi dell’Anima 2023 a Rimini

Dal 10 al 17 giugno, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Rimini e Pennabilli ospiteranno la quarta edizione del Festival internazionale del cinema sui territori e la bellezza Luoghi dell'anima - Italian Film Festival, ideato in occasione del centenario della nascita del poeta, scrittore e sceneggiatore Tonino Guerra. Ideato da Andrea Guerra, per valorizzare le opere cinematografiche in cui l’ambientazione è protagonista, nell’osmosi tra territorio, memoria, immaginazione e racconto. Scopo del Festival è mettere in evidenza quella perfetta fusione di spirito e materia che i luoghi dell’anima rappresentano e che abita nella complessità e nella diversità delle storie del cinema, attraverso la sperimentazione di nuovi linguaggi e un lavoro di ricerca sui temi della resilienza ambientale e umana, contribuendo così alla riflessione sociale e antropologica, culturale e artistica.  Nel connubio tra Luoghi dell’anima e Musica, tra Cinema e Letteratura saranno presenti molti protagonisti della scena artistica non solo italiana, come Ferzan Ozpetek, Noemi, Pupi Avati, Luigi Lo Cascio, Riccardo Milani, Carmen Yanez Sepùlveda, Caterina Caselli, Noemi, Omar Pedrini, Tosca e Rossana Luttazzi. Saranno 5 titoli a contendersi i premi del Concorso per lungometraggi Opere Prime e Seconde, giudicati dalla Giuria presieduta dal giornalista e sceneggiatore Andrea Purgatori con le registe e sceneggiatrici Elisa Amoruso e Francesca Comencini, e sono rispettivamente Romantiche di Pilar Fogliati, Io vivo altrove di Giuseppe Battiston, Piano piano di Nicola Prosatore, Margini di Niccolò Falsetti, Settembre di Giulia Steigerwalt. Gli studenti dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino,  insieme ai membri di La valigia dell’attore, centro di cinema e teatro di Santarcangelo di Romagna e le spettatrici e gli spettatori che li visioneranno al Museo Il Mondo di Tonino Guerra, sceglieranno invece i vincitori del Concorso Cortometraggi guidati dal Presidente di giuria il professor Raffaele Milani. Oltre ai Lungometraggi e Corti in competizione, nel ricco cartellone figurano 6 Proiezioni Speciali e 4 film nella sezione internazionale, che sono Terra e polvere di Li Ruijun, Godland-Nella terra di Dio di Hlynur Palmason, La pantera delle nevi di  Marie Amiguet e Vincent Munier, Tempo di viaggio di Andrej Tarkovskij e Tonino Guerra. Momenti speciali sono previsti nelle serate all’Arena Sferisterio di Santarcangelo di Romagna all’insegna di proiezioni, interviste, premiazioni e concerti live e per il gran finale di sabato 17 giugno, dopo l’assegnazione dei riconoscimenti, salirà sul palcoscenico Tosca con la sua band. Uno sguardo ravvicinato è rivolto infine alla selezione Emilia Romagna dedicata al cinema del territorio finanziato dall’Emilia-Romagna Film Commission con  4 lungometraggi e 2 cortili, mentre gli appuntamenti pomeridiani che si terranno nel Cortile del Fellini Museum di Rimini ospiteranno gli autori di recenti monografie editoriali o discografiche. Read the full article

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Return to Dust (2022) **** / China

Set in rural China, a beautiful love story develops between a humble peasant and a disabled woman after their arranged marriage. An unhurried and quietly affecting film about the development of an unexpected tender bond in the backdrop of the change of seasons. The movie became a target for China's censors for its depiction of Chinese society and therefore some changes were imposed upon the ending. 

Directed by Li Ruijun, Fly with the Crane (2012)