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Lu to take River Town to big screen

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2016-03-22 14:00chinadaily.com.cn Editor: Qian Ruisha
Director Lu Chuan. (Photo provided to China Daily)

Director Lu Chuan. (Photo provided to China Daily)

Lu Chuan, the veteran Chinese director and winner of multiple international festival awards, has recently emerged as a favorite in Hollywood.

According to his Chinese studio, Lu will direct and produce American writer and journalist Peter Hessler's award-winning memoir River Town, which is produced by American studio Fugitive Films.

Based on Hessler's life as a teacher during his first years in China, the movie revolves around his memory of a time when China was on the brink of unprecedented change. In 1996, the 26-year-old Hessler arrived in Fuling, a town on China's Yangtze River, to teach at the local college as a Peace Corps volunteer.

Lu is also involved with another major Hollywood studio, recently working on the postproduction of a Disney nature documentary, Born in China.

The movie marks Lu's return to art-house productions, after he'd switched to commercial blockbusters since the 2012 royal conflict-themed The Last Supper.

Lu's last commercial movie, the 2015 fantasy adventure Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, adapted from a hit online novel featuring tomb raiders, has received mixed reviews from movie critics. While some hailed it a new height for Chinese special effects, some criticized the looseness of its narration.

  

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