'Chuangru zhe' brings China's reflection into Venice film festival

Director Wang Xiaoshuai attends the red carpet for the movie "Chuangru zhe" (Red amnesia) at the 71st Venice Film Festival September 4, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

Chuangru zhe, or Red Amnesia, by Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, aroused reflection on China as the film competing for the Golden Lion was officially presented at the ongoing Venice film festival on Thursday.

The film's protagonist, Deng, is a retired widow who spends her days caring about her two grown up sons and her elderly mother. But her daily routine starts derailing when she keeps receiving anonymous phone calls and harassment.

Who is the intruder? The humanized ghosts in this film are demons of the heart, the burden in all people's life, Wang told a press conference.

But observed from multilevel angles, what Deng suffers are also the fears of Chinese older generations "who have lost their consciousness," he stressed.

"People aged 70 today grown up around 1949, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, dedicated their entire life to the construction of their home country, to the others and to their family," Wang elaborated.

Over the past 30 years, China has experienced rapid economic growth but also some disorder in society's values, the main actress Lu Zhong told Xinhua. Acknowledgement of past errors, she highlighted, can benefit her country and help build a better future.

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