Cannes-winning Serbian helmer Emir Kusturica to make movie in ChinaJuly 21, 2017 - 12:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winning Serbian director Emir Kusturica will make his next movie in China, and it will be based on works 19th century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Kusturica was quoted by the Russian online paper gazeta.ru as saying that he has signed a contract with a Chinese production company to make a movie in that country and is currently working on the script. The Serbian magazine Blic specified that the company in question is Hong Kong based Dirty Monkey Films Group. "The film will be dealing with moral dilemmas from Dostoyevsky's works, but they will be explored in a different environment," Kusturica was quoted as saying by gazeta.ru. "The idea is to show the main aspects of Dostoyevsky's works from the Chinese society's viewpoint and thereby make the Russian classical author's ideas closer to contemporary reality," he went on to say. According to Kusturica, the yet untitled film will be set in contemporary China, with the main character being a woman who has a severe sight problem and needs expensive treatment in France. Kusturica won the Palme d'Or for When Father Was Away on Business in 1985 and Underground in 1995. His most recent feature, On the Milky Road, starring Monica Bellucci and the director himself, premiered at Venice Film Festival last year. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |