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After winning the best film award at the 91st Oscars on Sunday, "Green Book" is gearing up for its nationwide debut in Chinese cinemas this week.
Universal Pictures has already been published in limited numbers.
Business Jack Ma mogul was seen sitting among the audience watching the movie in a Beijing cinema.
Ma stated that he had already watched the film three times, adding that it offered hope and warmth to society.
"Our world still has a lot of problems," he said. "It's sometimes cruel and bothered by turmoil and violence, and yet what we could learn from the film is that humanity is warming us up again. That's what a good movie brings us. "
Jack Ma watching" Green Book "in a limited edition in Beijing on Monday. / VCG Photo
Jack Ma looks at the "Green Book" in a limited edition in Beijing on Monday. / VCG Photo
He also shared his feelings about film production, stating that a good movie should not necessarily be very expensive and that it should not be creepy.
"The film tells a simple story, but he said a lot more behind the scenes," he said. "We do not win the world with fists, but with dignity."
Alibaba Pictures is a co-producer of "Green Book" and the company announced through its Sina Weibo account that it was the first Internet film company to have produced an Oscar film for best film.
"I think that only a true pbadion can help produce a good movie, you must love the movies and what you have done, not the vanity it could bring you," said Alibaba. Chairman of the group. "I think Chinese films are not so far away from the Oscars."
The American actor Mahershala Ali and the American actor Viggo Mortensen celebrate the award for best film for the movie "Green Paper" at the 91st Academy Awards at Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, on 24 February 2019. / VCG Photo
The American actor Mahershala Ali and the American actor Viggo Mortensen celebrate the award for best film for the movie "Green Paper" at the 91st Academy Awards at Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, February 24, 2019. / VCG Photo
The e-commerce tycoon also promises that Alibaba Pictures will continue to participate in the presentation of such films to the Chinese public, but also to learn from them. to produce similar films.
The "Green Book" is a road drama that takes place in 1962, when racial discrimination was still ubiquitous in the United States. It is the friendship between the African-American pianist Don Shirley and his Italian-American driver and bodyguard, Tony Vallelonga, during their journey into the depths of the south of the country.
The film wins the Best Film, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor awards and is the biggest winner of Sunday's Oscars.
Liu Chuanzhi, founder of Lenovo, one of the world's largest computer manufacturers, said at the same time that he liked the "Green Book" because it focuses on the bright side and progressive world, providing lubrication to the world's problems. "We need more films like this to make the world a better place," he said.
The film will be released in Chinese cinemas on Friday.
(With contributions from Xinhua.)
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