Battle on the beach

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk will make its debut on the Chinese mainland on Sept 1. Xu Fan reports.

Fans of Christopher Nolan gathered outside Beijing Wanda CBD Cinema in the rain this week for a sneak peek into his World War II epic Dunkirk.

The movie, which tells the story of the 1940 evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, will open across the Chinese mainland on Sept 1.