The Soprano from the silk road (2017)
Niccolò Bruna, filmmaker with a cause, daydreamer and indie producer
"Niccolò Bruna", filmmaker, filmmaker, director, "video production", documentary, documental, regista, video, Barcelona, "Ready.Barcelona". ENG
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Category
Animation, Culture, documentary, Feature, Musical
Tags
China, HUI HE, OPERA
About This Project

THE SOPRANO FROM THE SILK ROAD

HUI HE – UN SOPRANO DALLA VIA DELLA SETA

ITALY – CHINA/ 2017 / 52 and 90 MIN

 

poster-THE SOPRANO FROM THE SILK ROAD

“I do not believe that my voice will remain after me,

perhaps only in the memory of those who were moved by hearing me sing.

Such is life: a drawing in the sand.“

Hui He

 

 

 

The Chinese soprano Hui He breaks down the barriers of time and culture in the world’s greatest opera houses. Now a star, she returns to her hometown of Xi’an to transmit her passion to the next generation and to confront the ghosts of her past.

 

A musical road movie set in the grand opera houses of the West and China. A personal and cultural journey that demonstrates the universal power of music, its ability to connect two ancient and far civilizations, just as the Silk Road did.

The film recounts the sacrifices that the soprano Hui He had to make to achieve and maintain professional excellence. The Soprano from the silk road is not a biopic about a great opera singer, it is rather a creative docu-fiction with animations that puts together a mosaic of episodes from Hui’s story, at the same time deepening our understanding of the relationship between China and the West.

 

Direction
Niccolò Bruna and Andrea Prandstraller

 

Produced by

Le Talee (Italy)

 

in association with Sunnyway Culture Media Co.Ltd (China)

DocLab (Italy)

Rai Cinema (Italy)

 

Producers

Agnese Fontana

Duan Peng

Marco Visalberghi

 

Cinematographer
Dario Di Mella

Niccolò Bruna

 

Editor

Barbara Pasquale
Yang Zihui

 

Soundtrack
Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini

 

 

This movie has been backed by:
MIBACT

Rai Cinema
Regione Siciliana
Sicilia Film Commission
Sensi Contemporanei Cinema e Audiovisivo
Roma & Lazio Film Commission

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