現在人們習慣把馮小剛、張藝謀和陳凱歌看成中國最成功的三位導演。相比于張、陳，《夜宴》作為馮小剛第一部邁向國際市場的作品，似乎來得晚了些。7月27日，馮小剛導演的新片《夜宴》正式收到了來自第63屆威尼斯國際電影節的邀請，并確定9月3日在威尼斯電影節上，舉行這部熱門影片的全球首映。當然，由章子怡飾演的婉后則被推崇為《夜宴》的靈魂。

Zhang Ziyi in "The Banquet" Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's martial arts epic "The Banquet," starring "Memoirs of a Geisha" actress Zhang Ziyi, will have its world premiere at this year's Venice Film Festival on Sept. 3.   It will be the first full-length showing of the film after last year's promotion in Berlin, Cannes and the United States, Wang Yang, spokeswoman for Huayi Brothers Film Investment Co. Ltd., China's biggest private film maker, told Xinhua Wednesday. Feng and actors Zhang Ziyi, Ge You and Zhou Xun will promote the film at the festival, she said. The 20-million-U.S.-dollar film, coproduced by Huayi Brothers and the Hong Kong Media Asia Films Company, will be released across Asia on Sept. 15. Set during the tumultuous Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907-979), "The Banquet" recounts the tragedy of an empress, played by Zhang Ziyi, who is destroyed in a struggle for power inside the palace, Feng said. The 130-minute movie was composed by Oscar winner Tan Dun and choreographed by Yuen Wo-Ping, both acclaimed for the Oscar winner "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." It represents a major change of style for Feng, one of the most bankable Chinese film directors, who has shot modern comic movies like "Big Shot's Funeral," "Cell Phone" and "A World Without Thieves ." The movie's distribution rights in the United Kingdom, France and Spain have been sold, according Wang. (Agencies)

Vocabulary:

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: 五代十國 composed by Oscar winner: 由奧斯卡最佳原創音樂獎得主譚盾作曲 choreograph: 設計舞蹈動作，如：choreograph a ballet（為一出芭蕾舞劇設計舞蹈動作） Big Shot's Funeral: 《大腕》 Cell Phone: 《手機》 A World Without Thieves：《天下無賊》 （英語點津陳蓓編輯）