Yao Qi
Produced by Kunming Film Studio in 1980. Adapted from the Chinese Opera of the same name. Directed by Zhang Baolai and Ma Changshu. Photography: Wen Yuzhang. Starring: Qiu Shirong, Wang Yuzhu, and Fan Fenglai.
Produced by Kunming Film Studio in 1980. Adapted from the Chinese Opera of the same name. Directed by Zhang Baolai and Ma Changshu. Photography: Wen Yuzhang. Starring: Qiu Shirong, Wang Yuzhu, and Fan Fenglai.
Qiu Shirong
Wang Yuzhu
Fan Fenglai
Produced by Kunming Film Studio in 1980. Adapted from the Chinese Opera of the same name. Directed by Zhang Baolai and Ma Changshu. Photography: Wen Yuzhang. Starring: Qiu Shirong, Wang Yuzhu, and Fan Fenglai.
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.