Cry Woman
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Traditional Chinese | 哭泣 |
Simplified Chinese | 哭泣 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Kū qì de nǔ rén |
Directed by | Liu Bingjian |
Written by | Liu Bingjian Deng Ye |
Produced by | Jason Chae Ellen Kim Michel Reilhac Deng Ye |
Starring | Liao Qin Wei Xingkun Zhu Jiayue Li Longjun |
Cinematography | Xu Wei |
Edited by | Ying Zhou |
Music by | Dong Liqiang |
Distributed by | Mirovision |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Cry Woman (Chinese: 哭泣
Cry Woman stars the Beijing Opera star Liao Qin in her first film role.[1]
Despite being banned in China, the film was screened at several international venues, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held in the Czech Republic[2] and in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Plot
[edit]Wang Guixiang (Liao Qin) and her husband (Li Longjun) are a migrant couple living in Beijing. Wang is eking out a career selling unlicensed DVDs when disaster strikes and police confiscate her DVD stocks, and her husband is arrested after getting into a fight over a mahjong game. Forced to return to Guizhou, she meets an old boyfriend (Wei Xingkun), who suggests she take a job as a professional mourner. Surprisingly, Wang finds herself very good at her new job as a "cry woman" and soon discovers that her talents are very much in demand.
Cast
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vick, Tom (2002). "Kuqide Nuren". allmovie. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ "Cry Woman". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Cry Woman". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
External links
[edit]- Cry Woman at IMDb
- Cry Woman at AllMovie
- Cry Woman at the Chinese Movie Database
- (in French) Official Site (French release)