In Love We Trust

In Love We Trust (Chinese: 左右; pinyin: Zuǒ yòu; lit. 'left, right"') is a 2008 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and starring Liu Weiwei, Zhang Jiayi, Cheng Taisheng, and Yu Nan. It is alternatively named known by its literal English translation, Left Right.

In Love We Trust
Directed byWang Xiaoshuai
Written byWang Xiaoshuai
Produced byIsabelle Glachant
Huang Bin
StarringLiu Weiwei
Zhang Jiayi
Cheng Taisheng
Yu Nan
CinematographyWu Di
Edited byYang Hongyu
Music byDou Wei
Distributed byFilms Distribution
Release date
Running time
115 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Originally set to premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and then at the 64th Venice International Film Festival the same year, the film eventually missed both, ultimately premiering at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in 2008. The film was picked up for international distribution by the Paris-based company Films Distribution.

Plot

The film follows a divorced couple living in modern-day China who discover that their daughter is dying of leukemia. Doctors inform them, however, that the child can only be saved with stem cells from an umbilical cord of a sibling.

Unfortunately both parents have since remarried. The film follows the emotional strain that this development brings to both marriages.

Cast
  • Liu Weiwei as Mei Zhu, the mother
  • Zhang Jiayi as Xiao Lu, the Father
  • Cheng Taisheng as Xie Huaicai, Mei Zhu's second husband, the stepfather
  • Yu Nan as Dong Fan, Xiao Lu's second wife, the stepmother
  • Zhang Chuqian as Hehe, the daughter
  • Gao Yuanyuan as school teacher

Release

In Love We Trust was originally scheduled for a release in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival along with actor-director's Jiang Wen's The Sun Also Rises. Ultimately both films failed to make the festival. Sources stated that In Love We Trust was officially delayed due to bureaucratic red tape, as it awaited examination by the Chinese Film Bureau.[1]

The film missed another opportunity to premiere at a major international film festival when it failed to debut at the 64th Venice International Film Festival in August 2007. This time, the reason for dropping out was not bureaucratic, but rather due to the fact that post-production editing had not yet been completed.[2]

In late 2007, it was announced that In Love We Trust would premiere at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in 2008 where it would compete for the Golden Bear.[3] The film would ultimately go on to win the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay in Berlin, with the Golden Bear going to the Brazilian film Tropa de Elite.[4]

Notes
  1. ""Sun Also Rise" drops from Cannes lineup". CRIENGLISH.com. 2007-04-21. Archived from the original on August 25, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
  2. ""Left Right" Misses Venice Film Festival". CRIENGLISH.com. 2007-07-20. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
  3. Meza, Ed (2007-12-10). "Berlin unveils first competition films". Variety. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  4. Hickley, Catherine (2008-02-16). "Brazilian Film `Elite Squad' Wins Top Berlin Award". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
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