The Bravest

The Bravest

The Bravest

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The Bravest
烈火英雄
Directed by	Tony Chan
Produced by	Andrew Lau Li Jinwen
Written by	Wang Chao
Starring	Huang Xiaoming Du Jiang [zh] Yang Zi Tan Zhuo Zhang Zehan Gu Jiacheng [zh] Yin Xiaotian [zh] Gao Ge
Production company	Bona Film Group Asia-Pacific Chinese Film (Beijing) Pictures Co.,Ltd
Release date	August 1, 2019 (China) [1][2]
Running time	120 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	CN¥1.7 billion (US$244 million)[3]

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 [zh], Tan Zhuo, Yang Zi, Zhang Zehan, Gu Jiacheng [zh], Yin Xiaotian [zh], 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 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]