CHARMING WITH CINEMA

Veteran Danish filmmaker, Bille August, screens his latest epic in Beijing, Xu Fan reports.

Only eight filmmakers have so far won the Palme d'Or twice, and Bille August is among them. It is the top award given at the annual Cannes Film Festival in France.

Nearly one year after the general screening in China of his directorial film The Chinese Widow that is set during World War II, August recently visited Beijing for a limited viewing of his latest epic A Fortunate Man. The film made its international debut at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in the city on Sept 27.