Red Flowers and Green Leaves

China | 96 minutes | 2018 | Fiction | Chinese Regional Dialect | English Subtitles | PG
中国｜96 分钟｜2018｜虚构｜西北方言｜英文字幕｜PG
North American Premiere 北美首映

Shot in a village of the Hui People, a minority of Chinese Muslims, Red Flowers and Green Leaves arranges its plot around a newlywed couple. Haunted by an unidentified and stubborn ailment since infancy, a young man, Li Guoqing (Gubo), reckons himself as unlikable and has no intent for marriage. Under family arrangement and beyond all expectations, he marries a capable and attractive woman, Asheeyen. Suddenly, two strangers are sharing the same bed. As time passes, they become aware of each other’s past once concealed by the elders. Will they learn forgiveness and nourish true love? Will they savor the prospect of a happy family?

Red Flowers and Green Leaves sensitively captures Gubo’s emotional ups and downs through which his resolution to seek a better life for his family remains palpable. It is film that cares for ordinary people, and grants their mundane existence an inalienable dignity. Director Liu Miaomiao, the female representative of Chinese Fifth Generation and also the most renowned Muslim director, returns to Northwest China, unfolding the land and its Muslim residents with sincerity and affinity.

拍摄于回族村落，这⾥⽣活着信奉伊斯兰教的村民，《红花绿叶》的故事根据⼀对新婚夫妇展开。因为⾃幼患有⼀种顽症，李国清（古柏）认为⾃⼰不是个可爱的青年 ⼈，也没有成婚的打算。在家⼈的安排下，他出乎意料地娶到了⼀位能⼲且俊美的媳妇阿西燕。突然间两个陌⽣⼈就要睡在⼀张炕上了。随着⽇⼦过去，他们开始了解到对⽅结婚前被长辈隐去的秘密。他们能学会原谅彼此并培养出爱情吗？他们能尝到幸福家庭的滋味吗？

《红花绿叶》细腻地抓住了古柏内⼼的情感起伏，⽽他对家庭的努⼒⼀直是清晰可见的。这是⼀部⼈道主义的影⽚，牵挂平凡的⼈并赋予他们尊严感。导演刘苗苗是第五代导演的⼥性代表，也是最著名的中国穆斯林⼥导演，她再次把镜头对准西北部地区，平实⽽真挚地展现了这⽚她所热爱的⼟地和其穆斯林居民们。

LIU Miaomiao 刘苗苗

Born in Ningxia, in 1962, and graduated from Beijing Film Academy, Liu Miaomiao is the female representative of the Chinese Fifth Generation filmmakers. She is also a Muslim of the Hui People, a minor ethnicity in China. She finished her directorial debut when she was 23 years old. In 1992, her film Chatterbox (Za zui zi) was screened at Venice and won the President of the Italian Senate’s Gold Medal. She used to be the president of Ningxia Film Studio. Family Scandal (Jia chou), directed and produced by Liu Miaomiao in 1994 during her tenure, was awarded the Best Film at the 2nd Beijing College Student Film Festival.

中国第五代导演，毕业于北京电影学院导演系，曾任宁夏电影制⽚⼚⼚长。1993年编剧并导演故事⽚《杂嘴⼦》荣获第50届意⼤利威尼斯国际电影节国会议长⾦奖。同年故事⽚《马蹄声碎》在第11届意⼤利都灵电影节特别展映。1994年执导故事⽚《家丑》获第⼆届北京⼤学⽣电影节最佳影⽚奖。1996年编剧并导演故事⽚《家事》（潇湘电影制⽚⼚出品）。该⽚荣获⾦鸡奖最佳男主⾓及最佳⼥主⾓提名。2004-2008年曾任北京⼤学艺术学院、北京师范⼤学影视传媒学院、北京电影学院客座教师。