Chinese Mainland Film Panorama 2026: "Chongqing Hot Pot"

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Director & Screenwriter: Yang Qing Cinematographer: Liao Ni Cast: Chen Kun, Bai Baihe, Qin Hao, Yu Entai Produced by New Classics Media, CKF Pictures, Wanda Media Co., Ltd. 2016 | Colour | 98′ In Putonghua and Chongqing dialect with Chinese and English subtitles In Chongqing, a city filled with air-raid shelters, three buddies are about to lose their hotpot restaurant. They dig to expand it for a higher price, but accidentally break into a bank vault. Staring at piles of cash, they are caught in a difficult dilemma, setting off an absurd chain of events involving brotherhood, lost romance and gang conflict. The film continues the confined-space storytelling of director Yang Qing’s university short-film assignment, this time setting the stage in a hotpot bunker. With greater maturity and confidence, Yang delivers a stylised genre film rarely seen in recent Mainland Chinese cinema.

導演、編劇：楊慶 攝影：廖擬 主演：陳坤、白百何、秦昊、喻恩泰 出品：新麗傳媒股份有限公司、工夫影業股份有限公司、萬達影視傳媒有限公司 2016 | 彩色 | 98′ 普通話、重慶方言對白，中英文字幕 在滿布防空洞的重慶，三個好兄弟合夥開的麻辣火鍋店快倒閉了。為了賣個好價錢，他們動手挖地擴建，沒想到竟挖穿了銀行金庫。成堆現金就在眼前，窮途末路的三人陷入劇烈掙扎。一場夾雜着兄弟情、舊日戀情和黑幫衝突的荒誕風暴隨之引爆。 本片延續導演楊慶大學時期戲劇作業《夜襲超市》的密閉空間敘事方式，這次將舞台搬進火鍋防空洞，以更成熟及扎實的手法，呈現出近年內地電影裏少見的類型片風格。