Chinaโs Iraq War โsafe havenโ restaurant film of real people to represent country at Oscars
A mainland-produced film about a Chinese restaurant in Baghdad that became a wartime refuge has been selected as Chinaโs entry for next yearโs Oscars, bringing global attention to untold stories from the Iraq War. Directed by Wen Muye and starring Shen Teng and Jiang Qiming, Once Upon a Time in the Middle East became a box-office hit after its domestic release in China in August, earning more than 2.3 billion yuan (US$344 million). The film follows Xu Fu, a chef who travels to the Middle East to...