10 domestic films to see this summer

Poster for Monk Comes Down the Mountain. [File photo]

Monk Comes Down the Mountain

An innocent monk with superb kung fu skills leaves an isolated mountain for a city in the 1920s. He becomes involved in conspiracies and encounters a series of strange characters.

Director Chen Kaige, who won the Palm d'Or at Cannes for Farewell, My Concubine, said this is one of his largest scale films to date. It took three years to complete and was jointly produced by two mainland entertainment groups and Columbia Pictures.

Director: Chen Kaige

Starring: Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Lin Chi-ling, Fan Wei

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