Rising Chinese filmmaker Gu Xiaogang (aka Gu You) is set to direct “The First Taste of Loneliness” which will star Chinese cinema icon Zhou Xun (“Suzhou River,” “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”).
“The First Taste of Loneliness” marks the concluding chapter of Gu’s “Shan-Shui” (“Landscape”) trilogy, following his debut “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains” which was filmed over four seasons and made history as the first Chinese film to close Critics’ Week at Cannes in 2019; and “Dwelling by the West Lake” which received three nominations at the 17th Asian Film Awards, with lead actress Jiang Qinqin winning Best Actress. The movie grossed 121 million RMB at the
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