Red River Valley (1997 film)

Red River Valley (Chinese: 红河谷; pinyin: Hóng hégǔ) is a 1997 film directed by Feng Xiaoning about the British expedition to Tibet, starring Paul Kersey and Ning Jing. It was also released under the title A Tale of the Sacred Mountain. A book by Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming's brother, is credited in the movie.^[1] In 1961, Fleming published Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904.

Red River Valley
Directed by	Feng Xiaoning
Written by	Feng Xiaoning
Produced by	Shanghai Film Studio
Starring	Paul Kersey Ning Jing
Music by	Jin Fuzai
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	115 min.
Country	China
Language	Mandarin / English

The film won numerous prizes at China's three main award ceremonies: Huabiao, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers.

The film's production was part of an official Chinese government effort - also reflected in the national curriculum - to incorporate the expedition to Tibet into the story of the century of humiliation narrative that China suffered at the hands of Western and Japanese invaders and commercial interests.^[2]

References

1. IMDb entry. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
2. "China Seizes on a Dark Chapter for Tibet", by Edward Wong, The New York Times, August 9, 2010 (August 10, 2010 p. A6 of NY ed.). Retrieved 2010-08-11.

External links

• Hong he gu (1997) at IMDb
• "Red River Valley". China Century Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on 2003-12-28.