Chen Kexin told the audience about his deep connection with San Francisco. "In 1991, my first film 'Double City Story' was shot here. Four years ago, just a week after my daughter was born, I brought 'If... Love' to participate in the film festival. San Francisco is the city most similar to Hong Kong. It's also the city in North America that screens the most Chinese-language films. If anyone wants to shoot an Asian-American film, I would tell him, San Francisco is the top choice."
Four years ago, Hong Kong director Chen Kexin's award-winning film 'If... Love' was the opening film of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Four years later, Chen Kexin returned to the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, where the audience generously gave applause and tears to the film 'The Storm Riders' that he produced and supervised.
Local time on the evening of May 2nd, Chen Kexin, along with actresses Wu Junru and Vietnamese actor Le Cong (phonetic translation Cung Le), attended the screening of 'The Storm Riders' at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival, met with the audience, and shared insights into the production of 'The Storm Riders' and his connection with San Francisco.
'The Storm Riders', which tells the story of small characters amidst great events, truly captivated the audience at the Castro Theatre. Before the screening, the audience lined up in long queues waiting to enter, and during the screening, there were bursts of applause at exciting moments and sighs of emotion at touching scenes. After the movie ended, many people waited for Chen Kexin just to say thank you, I really liked this movie.