The film “Confucius”, a panoramic one of the life of the philosopher, educator and Chinese politician between its 51 and 73 years, is released next the 22 of January with 2,500 copies, informed the official agency of the news Xinhua today.
“Confucius”, of director Hu Mei and carried out by Chow Yun-Fat, will break the record in which to number of opening copies he talks about, since until he owned it to the moment films “the foundation of a republic” with 1.450. “This record means that all the people will be able to see the film in each cinema of the country”, explained Liu Rong, the chief of a main directorate of the producer, Peking Dadi Century.
Confucius, father of the current of the confucionismo, was born in year 551 a. C. during the Lu dynasty in which today it is the city of Qufu in the Eastern province of Shandong and passed away in the 479 a. C. after consolidating like an educator, philosopher and politician and founding this movement.
The cost of the tape has supposed around 21.9 million dollars (15.1 million Euros). Hu Mei assured that “Confucius” is “a effort to promote the great life and thoughts of the philosopher and the Chinese culture”. Also, Chow Yun-Fat (protagonist of “Tiger and Dragoon” and “Ana and the King”) confessed that it had accepted east paper because in this film, Confucius is portrayed like “a man with a great human interest”.
