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The Crossing (2018 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Crossing' (, 'Guo chun tian'; lit. "Passing the Spring") is a Chinese drama film, directed by Bai Xue and released in 2018.Cath Clarke, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/21/the-crossing-review-bai-xue "The Crossing review Bai Xue's slowburn gem delivers the goods"]. 'The Guardian', March 21, 2019. The film stars Yao Huang as Peipei, a shy teenager in Shenzhen attending school in Hong Kong, who gets drawn into smuggling black market smartphones in the hopes of saving money to fund her dream of travelling to Japan.Christos Tsirbas, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/emotion-transcends-borders-bai-xue-s-crossing-1145458/ "Emotion Transcends Borders in Bai Xues The Crossing"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', September 20, 2018.
The film premiered in September 2018 at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, and had its Chinese premiere in October at the Pingyao International Film Festival.Clarence Tsui, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/crossing-guo-chun-tian-film-review-1154019/ "The Crossing (Guo Chun Tian): Film Review"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', October 22, 2018. It went into commercial release in 2019.
Awards
At TIFF, the film received an honorable mention for the NETPAC Prize.Jessica Wong, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tiff2018-awards-peoples-choice-1.4825797 "Green Book, starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, wins TIFF People's Choice prize"]. CBC News, September 16, 2018. At Pingyao, it won the award for Best Film, and Yao Huang won the award for Best Actress.
At the 13th Asian Film Awards in 2019, Bai Xue was nominated for Best New Director and Yao Huang was nominated for Best Newcomer.Jake Newby, [https://radii.co/article/asian-film-awards-2019 "Asian Film Awards 2019: Tibetan Thriller and Dying to Survive Make Shortlist"]. 'Radii', January 11, 2019.
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