A New Old Play (2022)

2h 59m
Running Time

May 20, 2022
Release Date

A New Old Play (2022)

2h 59m
Running Time

May 20, 2022
Release Date

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Plot.

On a 1980s evening, the topmost clown-actor of the 20th century Sichuan opera, Qiu Fu passes away in an accident and half-unwillingly sets off for the Ghost City under the escort of two underworld officials. Along the way, he meets old friends. As they recall the past, a history of the living is conjured up.

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Cast & Crew.

Yi Sicheng

Yi Sicheng

Qui Fu

Haoyu Chen

Haoyu Chen

Child Qiufu

Guan Nan

Guan Nan

Tong Huafeng

Gu Tao

Gu Tao

Tuo Zi

Qiu Zhimin

Qiu Zhimin

Pocky

Xue Xuchun

Xue Xuchun

Chicken Foot

Tao Gu

Tao Gu

Crooky

Xu Gang

Xu Gang

Zhang

Huang Lingchao

Huang Lingchao

Horse-face / Assistant Director

Liu Boyu

Liu Boyu

Ox-head

Lu Wei

Lu Wei

Generalissimo

Qiao Jiannan

Qiao Jiannan

Soldier / Art Department Assistant

Xu Mingyong

Xu Mingyong

Lieutenant Luo

Jiaqi Wang

Jiaqi Wang

Manager Ma

Jin Yang

Jin Yang

Producer

Wang Jiafu

Wang Jiafu

Manager Liu

Nick Wen

Nick Wen

Holy Founder

Yakui Zhan

Yakui Zhan

First Wife / Wardrobe Designer

Qiao Hu

Qiao Hu

Li Yongxin

Yuchao Feng

Yuchao Feng

Director of Photography

Lü Xin

Lü Xin

Art Direction

Bai Yun

Bai Yun

Costume Designer / Makeup & Hair

Wang Ran

Wang Ran

Sound Designer

Diao Lili

Diao Lili

Music

Ding Ding

Ding Ding

Producer / Executive Producer

Yang Jin

Yang Jin

Producer

Zhao Jin

Zhao Jin

Co-Producer

Li Yuwen

Li Yuwen

Co-Producer / Line Producer

Jordane Oudin

Jordane Oudin

Co-Producer

Han Yi

Han Yi

Co-Producer / Executive Producer

Li Jing

Li Jing

Line Producer

Sophie L

Sophie L

Executive Producer

Vivian Bao

Vivian Bao

Co-Executive Producer

Xastle Tang

Xastle Tang

Co-Executive Producer

Su Qiqi

Su Qiqi

Co-Executive Producer

Huang Yue

Huang Yue

Co-Executive Producer

Chio Cao

Chio Cao

Editorial Production Assistant

Hong Wang

Hong Wang

Editorial Staff

张紫怡

张紫怡

侯宗戬

侯宗戬

Art Department Assistant

Hongyu Jiang

Hongyu Jiang

Qiu Jiongjiong

Qiu Jiongjiong

Screenplay / Production Designer / Editor / Director

Chen Jianing

Chen Jianing

Property Master / Wardrobe Designer

Weikai Huang

Weikai Huang

Details.

Release Date
May 20, 2022

Original Name
椒麻堂会

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 59m

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Wiki.

A New Old Play (Chinese: 椒麻堂會) is a 2021 epic film directed and written by Qiu Jiongjiong. As Qiu's seventh film, it marks his first fictional feature. A co-production between Hong Kong's Uluka Productions and France's Hippocampe Productions, the film stars Yi Sicheng as Qiu Fu, a recently deceased Sichuan opera actor, alongside Guan Nan, Qiu Zhimin, Gu Tao, and Xue Xuchun. The story chronicles Qiu Fu's life and career in China from the 1920s to the 1980s through his remembrances during his journey into the netherworld, featuring events such as the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, the Great Chinese Famine, and the Cultural Revolution.

Qiu Jiongjiong conceived of the project in 2017 after illustrating the biography for his grandfather and Sichuan opera actor Qiu Fu. Inspired to tell the story with film, Qiu based the protagonist on his grandfather and began developing a screenplay from May 2017 to February 2018 under the working title The Neo-New Adventures. Production design spanned six months before principal photography began in August 2019 in Leshan, Sichuan over three months. Post-production took place in France, with French filmmaker Marie-Pierre Duhamel-Muller involved in the editing. The film also marks the second film to be primarily in Sichuanese, after the 1962 film Conscription.

A New Old Play had its world premiere in competition for the Golden Leopard at the 74th Locarno Film Festival on 13 August 2021, where it received the Special Jury Prize. It also garnered various accolades and received positive reviews from critics, with praises particularly on its themes, narrative style and complexities, and production design. Due to censorship in China, only single-time private screenings were held worldwide from 2021 to 2022. The film received its first wide release in France on 30 April 2025.

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