Cannes<\/a> Film Festival where it won the Fipresci Prize and the Gan Foundation Award. This week, the Munich International Film Festival awarded it the CineVision competition prize for Best International Film by an Emerging Director. <\/p>\n\n\tFollowing a \u201ctour\u201d of North American fall film festivals, Greenwich plans a theatrical release in early 2027.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe synopsis reads: \u201cUnfolding over 15 years during the peak of China\u2019s strict One Child policy with its traumatic impact on young girls, A Girl Unknown<\/em> is a poignant, naturalistic coming-of-age story that traces the displacement and resilience of an adopted young woman. The film follows her tumultuous journey as she lives across four distinct households and takes on three different names, exploring the deep existential anxieties of adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tThe film\u2019s cast includes child actor Cao Ruofan and rising star Li Gengxi (Resurrection<\/em>) and builds upon Zou\u2019s 2021 award-winning short Lili Alone<\/em>. A Girl Unknown<\/em> originally won the Cannes Critics\u2019 Week Next Step top project prize during its development phase. Both films were photographed by Zhongqiang Liang, husband of the director.<\/p>\n\n\tThe deal was negotiated between Greenwich and Agathe Mauruc of Pyramide International on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cA Girl Unknown<\/em> is a film about erasure, survival, and the fragile miracle of becoming oneself. I\u2019m deeply grateful to Greenwich Entertainment for bringing the girl\u2019s journey to audiences in the U.S.,\u201d said director Zou Jing.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cLike the best of recent Chinese cinema, intimate personal dramas echo vast societal changes as personal destiny is subtly shaped by larger forces. We\u2019re very pleased Pyramide gave us the opportunity to present this exciting new cinematic female voice from China,\u201d added Greenwich Entertainment.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe film is a Chinese-French co-production from Pure Light Films, Maneki Films, Memoria Films, Emei Film Group, and Eagle Media with Arte France Cin\u00e9ma and produced by Wang Yang, Didar Domehri, Cao Xi. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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