The Flowers of War
《金陵十三钗》

Background
背景

December 13 marked the 74th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre. This film, which is based on a historical novel by Yan Geling, is set to pay tribute to the historical event–an element central to The Flowers of War.
12月13日正值南京大屠杀74周年祭。该影片根据严歌苓的历史小说改编，旨在向这一历史事件致敬，这也是该片的主旨元素。

Driector and cast
导演和演员阵容

Every time Zhang Yimou produces a new film it grabs headlines. The criticism of his last two films, A Simple Noodle Story (2009) and Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010), didn’t stop him making different types of films.
张艺谋的每部新片都会登上报纸头条。外界对他前两部作品（2009年的《三枪拍案惊奇》和2010年的《山楂树之恋》）的争议之声并没有阻止他拍摄不同风格影片的脚步。

As usual Zhang has picked a bunch of new actors and actresses for this film, such as Ni Ni. The biggest name is certainly Oscar-winning star Christian Bale, who is known for playing Batman.
与以往一样，张艺谋在选角时挑选了一批新人，比如女演员倪妮。最大牌的演员当属以扮演“蝙蝠侠”而闻名的奥斯卡影帝克里斯蒂安•贝尔。

Production
电影制作

Zhang likes to play big. With an estimated production budget of 600 million yuan, The Flowers of War is China’s most expensive film yet.
张艺谋喜欢大制作，《金陵十三钗》耗资约6亿元人民币，是目前国内投入最大的一部电影。

The film is also aimed to take the international market. It’s set for runs beginning December 23 in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with a wider release to follow next year.
同时，该片也旨在进军国际市场。12月23日，该片登陆纽约、洛杉矶和旧金山三地影院，明年将会在全球更多地方上映。

And the film will represent China for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards next year.
该片也将代表中国参加第84届奥斯卡最佳外语片的角逐。

Story
故事概要

Begins in the rubble of Nanjing after the fall of the city to the Japanese on December 13, 1937. This film is a conscious bid to make the horrors of the Nanjing story dramatically accessible to a wider audience.
1937年12月13日南京沦陷到日本人手中，故事在一片瓦砾废墟中开始。该影片试图用一种清醒的方式将南京大屠杀这段惨痛的历史，用戏剧的形式呈现给更多的观众。

It places a politically unaligned American mortician John Miller (Christian Bale) in the middle of a desperate group of local civilians comprised of convent schoolgirls and courtesans.
影片将一位当时无政治阵营的美国入殓师约翰•米勒（克里斯蒂安•贝尔饰）置于一群绝望的南京平民中，这些人中有教会学校女学生，也有风尘女子。