1921 (2021 film) explained
| 1921 |
| Native Name: | 1921 |
| Producer: | Ren Ning |
| Cinematography: | Yu Cao |
| Editing: | Boyang Yu |
| Runtime: | 137 minutes |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Gross: | $76.4 million[1] |
1921 is a 2021 Chinese historical film directed by Huang Jianxin and Zheng Dasheng and starring Huang Xuan, Ni Ni, Wang Renjun and Liu Haoran. The film premiered in China on 1 July 2021, to commemorate the centennial year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]
Plot elements
The film tells the story of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party at the 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party held in Shanghai.[3]
Among the events highlighted in the film are Mao Zedong's role in founding the Xiangjiang Review, one of the Party's first publications.[4]
Production
Shooting began on 1 July 2020 and took place in Shanghai and finished filming on November 5 of that same year.[5] Zheng Shuang, who played Xiang Jingyu, was removed from the film for surrogacy scandal; Yan Xujia's role was removed after rumors Yan had cheated on his girlfriend.[6]
Release
1921 released on 1 July 2021 in China.
Box office
According to the China Movie Data Information Network, the film took 81.60 million yuan ($12.6 million) on its opening day, and 44.2 million yuan the next day. The film earned a total of 300 million yuan ($46.32 million) in its first four days of release.[7]
Accolades
| Date | Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Notes |
|---|
| 2021 | | | Yu Xi, Huang Xin and Zhao Ningyu | | [8] [9] |
| Huang Jianxin and Zheng Dasheng | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| Yang Jingyi | | |
| Yu Baiyang | | | |
Notes and References
- 1921-(2021-China) . 1921 (2021) . July 5, 2021.
- News: Davis . Rebecca . Chinese Propaganda Film '1921' Bounces Back Despite Prior Nationalist Boycott . 27 June 2021 . variety.com . 10 June 2021 . 27 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210627065132/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/1921-boycott-shanghai-film-festival-1234994130/ . live .
- News: 17 June 2021 . Chinese film '1921' revisits history of CPC founding . china.org.cn . 27 June 2021 . 20 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210620070554/http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-06/17/content_77572967.htm . live .
- Book: Marquis . Christopher . Qiao . Kunyuan . 2022 . . Kunyuan Qiao . 978-0-300-26883-6 . New Haven . 1348572572 . Christopher Marquis.
- News: Kong Lingqiang (Chinese: 孔令强) . https://www.sohu.com/a/405260120_162758 . zh:黄建新执导《1921》开机 黄轩倪妮刘昊然等50余位青年演员出演 . Sohu . 2 July 2020 . 27 June 2021 . zh . 27 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427232952/https://www.sohu.com/a/405260120_162758 . live .
- News: A Chinese film removes scenes featuring a young Mao Zedong . . July 2021 . https://archive.today/20210708233255/https://www.economist.com/china/2021/07/10/a-chinese-film-removes-scenes-featuring-a-young-mao-zedong . July 8, 2021 . But a few months before the film’s release on July 1st, reports appeared on entertainment news sites that Mr Yan had cheated on a girlfriend. He denied this, but disbelieving internet users said he was unfit to play a character as important and upstanding as Mao. . July 10, 2021 . live .
- News: https://new.qq.com/omn/20210705/20210705A05ZNI00.html . zh:《1921》上映4天近3亿；《速9》全球破5亿美元 一周票房＆电影 . qq.com . 5 July 2021 . 9 July 2021 . zh . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190646/https://new.qq.com/omn/20210705/20210705A05ZNI00.html . live .
- News: https://new.qq.com/omn/20211129/20211129A09I4Z00.html . zh:第34届中国电影金鸡奖公布完整提名名单 . qq.com . 29 November 2021 . 30 November 2021 . zh . 31 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231053357/https://new.qq.com/omn/20211129/20211129A09I4Z00.html . live .
- News: https://new.qq.com/omn/20211230/20211230A0CYFV00.html . zh:第34届中国电影金鸡奖完整名单 . qq.com . 30 December 2021 . 31 December 2021 . zh . 31 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231054132/https://new.qq.com/omn/20211230/20211230A0CYFV00.html . live .
