The Bravest

The Bravest (Chinese: 烈火英雄; pinyin: LièHuǒ Yīngxióng) is a 2019 Chinese disaster film directed by Tony Chan and starring Huang Xiaoming, Du Jiang, Tan Zhuo, Yang Zi, Zhang Zehan, Gu Jiacheng, Yin Xiaotian, and Gao Ge.[4] It is adapted from author Bao'erji Yuanye's non-fiction book The Deepest Water Is Tears (最深的水是泪水).[5] The film is based on a real-life incident, the Xingang Port oil spill, and chronicles firefighters' efforts to protect a city from a fire caused by an oil pipeline explosion.[6]

The Bravest
烈火英雄
Directed byTony Chan
Produced by
Written byWang Chao
Starring
Production
company
Release date
  • August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01) (China)
[1][2]
Running time
120 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeCN¥1.7 billion
(US$244 million)[3]

The film is one of the seven films that premiered during the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.[7] It was released in China on August 1, 2019, and in the United States on August 9. The film grossed over CN¥1.7 billion (US$244 million) in China.[3]

References

  1. "烈火英雄" (in Chinese). 猫眼电影. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  2. "烈火英雄" (in Chinese). 中国电影发行放映协会. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  3. 内地总票房排名 ("All-Time Domestic Box Office Rankings"). 中国票房 (China Box Office) (in Chinese). Entgroup.
  4. 王小羊 (2018-11-20). "《烈火英雄》再现消防救灾史上奇迹 刘伟强监制黄晓明杜江主演 首次开放探班" (in Chinese). 时光网. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  5. "《烈火英雄》火了 票房突破15亿". 快科技. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  6. "Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming fights fire and icy cold for new movie". The Straits Times. August 28, 2019.
  7. "庆祝新中国成立70周年,《我和我的祖国》等7部新片展映". The Paper (in Chinese). 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.


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