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- TriviaThe song playing during the drinking toast scene is the title song from John Woo's the Killer (1989). Both stories are similar in that both involve lives being ruined from gunshots.
- GoofsWhen Bin arrives at the "Datong station," the Chinese characters read "Middle Cloud" as opposed to "Datong."
- ConnectionsFeatures Tragic Hero (1987)
- SoundtracksYong Yang Shi Peng Yu
Lyrics by Weixing
Featured review
Existential look at an evolving Chinese world...
Found this on the film channels, and it looked fascinating. You know what? It very much lived up to that billing despite not following initial expectations.
We have here a tale surrounding a young lady in love with a gangster who are top dogs in their local area, but then the usual story stops. It's set with the backdrop of the rapidly captalising China, with the light & dark sides that come with that, and we see the young lady's travails through this as well as her obsession for her selfish man.
Personally, I was a bit surprised to come on here and see that this has been little watched & reviewed. It's a wonderfully made film, and the story is an existential look at life, possibly absurdist, with an apathetic world waiting for no one and evolving crushing all those whose lives are on hold.
It's slow in tone, but it's very beautifully filmed and acted. It deserves more attention. Even though it will clearly tick more with those of a Chinese background, there are some very strong parallels for many of us in the Western World to learn from too.
It's cerebral, arty and unforgiving. That's actually a compliment, and I think I'm going to dig out more from this director. Clearly, very much recommended from me.
We have here a tale surrounding a young lady in love with a gangster who are top dogs in their local area, but then the usual story stops. It's set with the backdrop of the rapidly captalising China, with the light & dark sides that come with that, and we see the young lady's travails through this as well as her obsession for her selfish man.
Personally, I was a bit surprised to come on here and see that this has been little watched & reviewed. It's a wonderfully made film, and the story is an existential look at life, possibly absurdist, with an apathetic world waiting for no one and evolving crushing all those whose lives are on hold.
It's slow in tone, but it's very beautifully filmed and acted. It deserves more attention. Even though it will clearly tick more with those of a Chinese background, there are some very strong parallels for many of us in the Western World to learn from too.
It's cerebral, arty and unforgiving. That's actually a compliment, and I think I'm going to dig out more from this director. Clearly, very much recommended from me.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Giang Hồ Nữ Nhi
- Filming locations
- Dunhuang, Gansu, China(area of ufo sighting)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $422,814
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $45,150
- Mar 17, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $11,821,877
- Runtime2 hours 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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