Official Selection of Tiantan Award
Deep in the Mountains
China
Li Yongyi
Producer： Jiang Yuxia, Zhang Bo
Screenwriter：Wang Zhongyan
Cinematographer：Cheng Mazhiyuan
Editor：Li Yongyi
Sound Designer：Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan
Composer： Han Hong
Production Designer： Zhao Shouyi
Cast: Qiao Shan, Wang Yanhui, Yang Zishan, Yu Xiyue, Jia Bing, Li Xiaochuan, Pan Binlong, Li Haofei, Zhao Runnan
Synopsis
In the early 1990s, a small-town checkpoint officer, Yao Sichen, becomes entangled in a missing truck case due to a canceled fine. To clear up the case, he spares no effort in investigating in Maniao River Village, dealing with the truck driver Yang Zhaowei and his daughter Yang Ge, village chief Zhang Changchun, security chief Chen Yongjin, Yan Xue, and the serial killer Ge Wenyong. In the end, Yao ultimately clears up a string of murder-for-profit crimes.
Director
Li Yongyi
Li Yongyi is an editing director and director in Chinese mainland. With over twenty years of experience in the industry, he is currently a director of the China Cinema Editors Association, a member of the China Film Association, and a mentor at several film festivals. Since 2007, Li Yongyi has collaborated with numerous renowned Chinese directors as an editing director. Notable works include The Dead End directed by Cao Baoping, which earned the Best Editing nomination at the 31st China's Golden Rooster Awards, Cock and Bull and other films. Since 2019, he has worked closely with director Zhang Yimou. After Under the Light, he edited films of Zhang Yimou such as Cliff Walkers, Sniper, Full River Red, and Article 20, and made editing revisions for One Second. Cliff Walkers won the Best Editing Award at the 15th Asian Film Awards, while Sniper received the Best Editing nomination at the 35th China's Golden Rooster Awards.
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