The plot revolves around half a dozen people benefiting from Chinese infrastructure
take it as a propaganda movie,” urges an employee from the Chinese entertainment company behind “Common Destiny”, the world’s first film featuring China’s Belt and Road Initiative , a global infrastructure-building scheme. That is a tall order. State media openly admit that the film, which had a nationwide première on August 30th amid much hype, received “major backing” from the government. It bears only a superficial resemblance to a drama pic.is rarely mentioned in the film.
At the film’s opening Martin Campbell, a New Zealander best known for directing the James Bond movies “GoldenEye” and “Casino Royale”, said “Common Destiny” would “deeply touch” audiences.Those audiences, however, appear indifferent, not stirred. In its first five days “Common Destiny” earned just 1m yuan at the box office. In contrast, “Wolf Warrior 2”, a jingoistic action thriller also related to China’s overseas influence-building, grossed 5.7bn yuan in 2017—a Chinese box-office record.
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