Hong Kong's top actor Chow Yun-Fat and award-winning actress Zhou Xun attended the premiere of China's much awaited film "Confucius". The biopic about the Chinese philosopher is set to be released in China and Asia on 22 January and will challenge director James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar", which hit record highs at the box office on its opening day in China. Wearing ancient scholarly robes, Chow plays China's great philosopher who was reviled by Communist leader Mao Zedong for advocating harmony and respect for the social order. Confucius has been out of favour for many decades but now his writings and teachings are at the forefront of China's national conscious. "The plots in the film are related to our world, topics like relationships between humans, nations and societies. If we translated the scripts into English and modernised his thoughts, I think foreigners would understand it." "It's my honour to be part of the movie. My expectation for the movie has never changed since kicking off filming through until its release and now it's ready" According to director Hu Mei the $22-million US dollar government backed movie will allow people to think over Confucius' legacy and theories which emphasise social harmony and respect. "There will be criticisms about any film about a great philosopher, a saint who is a one and only in history. I'm ready to accept all criticism of this film. There's no absolute or 100% in the world. It would be strange without criticism and we ...
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