Wong Kar Wi’s 30-Part Television Epiple “Shanghai“Stream will be on Criteria channel Later this year, the American debut of the first series of autor was marked. The North American release expanded the global rollout of the project, which was already safe through distribution Mubi Europe, Latin America, India and Türkiye beyond.
Jin Yuchang’s award winner follows the rose of a Ah Baao, which is described as “J G Gatsbi of Shanghai”-because he navigates the city’s Roaring 1990s economic bounce. Communication of Spring character Arcs with Wong’s Signature Visual Illigation, the show was seen on a 25 -hour screen time when it aired in China in late 2023.
The premiere of “Blossom Shanghai” took place on Tensent Video and CCTV -8, where it became a major rating and streaming success.
Wong said in a statement, “I am thrilled to continue my long relationship with my first series North American debut.” “The series catchs the vitality of the 90s of the series of the 90s, which reveals the universal human truth about desire and fate.”
Internationally, Mubi has gained chain rights in many major regions including France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Brazil and India. The dates for the rollout of Mubi have not been announced yet.
“Blossom Shanghai” dominated the Magnolia Awards at the 2024 Shanghai Television Festival, received the honor for the best television series, actor (Hu GE), cinematography, art direction and adapted screenplay.
The project reunires Wong for a long time with colleagues, including production designer William Chang and cinematographer Peter Paau. It is widely considered the concluding work in an informal Shanghai trilogy including “in the mood for love” and “2046”. Whereas those earlier films filtered Shanghai’s memory and mythology through displaced characters in the 1960s and placed a fictional future, “Blossom Shanghai” at the center.
