Chaplin’s Gold Rush
Five feature films in English and French have been advertised in the recently published program, also to be screened during the festival. Two films will be screened in French with Chinese subtitles: “La Famille Bélier (2014),” which tells the story of a young girl who is the exception, and therefore translator, in her otherwise deaf family, and “Marguerite (2015)” that details the rise of a less-than-talented singer after a journalist provocatively gives her a rave review, providing her with the courage she needs to follow her dream.
Three other films will be screened in English with Chinese subtitles: “20 Feet From Stardom (2013),” which shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century, “Sing Street (2016),” a coming-of-age film set in a tough public school in Dublin in the 1980s, and the classic “Singin’ In The Rain (1952),” which ranks 10th on the American Film Institute’s 100 Best American Films list.
In collaboration with the “Turandot” opera, the Macao Orchestra, led by Timothy Brock, will perform a live accompaniment of two silent films, “City Lights” and “The Gold Rush,” by comedy genius Charlie Chaplin.
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