French documentary introduces the Miao stockade village
- By Zhang Xin
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The Miao are one of the 56 ethnic groups in China, and mainly live in the southwest province of Guizhou. |
Genuine Communication Touches the Heart
Huang Yingxue, interpreter of the production group, said that, as the villagers couldn't speak Mandarin Chinese, they needed another interpreter to translate the Miao dialect into Mandarin. But there was a third, unspoken language. Cornillac recalled, "I looked at them all the time and they looked straight back at me. We had real eye communication. If I were asked to close my eyes and recall this journey, what appears first in my mind is the beautiful smiles of my hosts." He added: "The humanity of the Miao stockade village is unforgettable to me. The villagers love their life and attach great importance to education, which presents a harmonious and vigorous village to me."
Cornillac, a tough guy on the screen, said an emotional farewell to China. The solidarity and friendliness among the villagers of the Miao stockade village left a deep impression. "No one will ever starve in this village," he told Frédéric Lopez. When they were about to depart, he told the three villagers, "I will miss you." He also told his hostess Zhu Laopu, "You have the most beautiful smile in the world."
Cornillac told our reporter, "I've never had the chance to be in China or to work with Chinese teams. In fact, I would love to meet Chinese viewers and share my films with them. This has been added to my to-do list," he said. "This journey will influence my whole life. I can't pinpoint exactly how, but one thing is certain, it has brought happiness into my life."
"If people come with kindness, then they will find out that China is great," Chinese Ambassador to France Zhai Jun said at the premiere of Meeting at Unknown Places: Guizhou. "Amity between people holds the key to sound relations between states. I hope that in the future, the communication between China and France will be more mindful because I believe exchange and communication of the mind are the most important forms."
Zhai Jun said that China had already surpassed the U.S. to become the biggest overseas market for French movies. Last year, the Chinese viewers of French movies reached 15 million person-times and it now stands a far better chance of further growth in the future.
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