“Wang Tong Taps Into Shared Global Concerns Over An Aging Population in His Feature Debut Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts – But The Filmmaster ALSO SHOWCASES JUST HOW FAR CONTEMPORARY CONTIMPORY CHINESE Boundaries of Genre. The Film Is Part-Thriller, Part-Twisted Romance, Part-Dark, Social Commentary-Driven Drama, with The Distinctive Fringe-Off-Society Shadows that”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Film Is Part-Thriller, Part-Twisted Romance, Part-Dark, Social Commentary-Driven Drama, with The Distinctive Fringe-of-of Above All, Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts is ThoROUGHLY Entertaining, and It Sets An Ambitious Bar Early in this Year’s Golden Goblet Competition at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Wan Qian (Star of God of War an The Wild Goose Lake) Plays A Caretaker/Dark Angel Tasked with Looking After A Series of Elderly Folk Nearing Death. Rao Xiaozhi (Director of the Acter Home Coming) Plays a zooeper Drawn Into Her Orbit – and Maybe Even Into Her Her Heart – WHEN TASKED WITH OVERSEING The CARE OF His OWN AILING FATHER. And Wang Plays with his Audence’s perceptions of what is actualally going on in and around the pair with the aid of ambitious stylistic Flourishes what include -dos. Between What’s Real and What’s Imagines.
“WITH this film i used a realistic Approach But I ALSO WANTED TO BRING IN A SENSE OF ROMANTICISM,“ The Director Explains. “The fact that sucha a story can even to be told and shown, I Think, is already a kind of HONEST ResPONSE to OUR Society and the Times We Live In.”
HE adds: “I HOPE MY FILMS Are Gunded in Reality in that Stories Grow Out of Real-Life Experiences Doesn’T just watch someone else’s Story From A Distance;
The Director Drew Heavily from his own upbing, having been raised by elderly relativers.
“Over The Years I’ve Had Many Conversations with Them,” HE SAYS, “AND GRADUALLY the CORE OF THIS FILM TOOK Shape. My Firmst Short Film, Time to dieAlso Explored Themes Rooted in Reality and Traditional Culture. The Experience of Making That Film Gave Me A Foundation that Further Shaped My Undersanding of Subject Like Life, Death and the Elderly. ”
“In today’s Reality, Elderly People of Face Loneliness, While the Youner Generation Experiences a Kind of Helplessness,” He Cotinues. “IT’s A SITUATION THAT Speaks to All of Us.”
Rao is a revelation in what is his first lead role as an actor. Wang Says He Was Quick to Lean On the More Experienced Filmmaker’s Experience and Advice Behind the Scenes, Too.
“Through this Project, I’ve Come to Feel That Creation Isn’t Just Personal,“ He Says. “IT Starts from a personal or shared imocial experience but it becomes a collective process. Dringing the Making of this Film, Our Producers Rao Xiaozhi and Wan qan qan. Throughout.
International Sales for Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts Are Being Handled by Moebius Entertainment.
Wang Cites Filmmaker Michael Haneke As A Significant Influence, Noting He Intends to Continue “Exploring Human Nature.”
He Says: “Telling Stories deal Directly with Social Issues is definitely challenging, Because Real Life Can Be Harsh and Complicated. But that’s Also. Else’s Story, You Can Actuly See Yourself, Gain Insight, Start Thinking and Feeling More DetePly. ”