Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAhead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Neon has nabbed North American rights to Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s “One Second.”The film, written by Zhang and Zou Jingzhi, is adapted from a novel about a man who escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his daughter.
It’s scheduled as TIFF’s closing night film.“One Second” debuted last November in China, where it grossed $12 million at the box office.
The film arrived on the big screen after being plagued by censorship problems. It was supposed to compete at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival but it was yanked from the lineup shortly before the screening for “technical reasons.”The Academy Award nominated Zhang, one of.
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