“Eight Women Who Martyred Themselves In The River” is a true-to-life incident, now immortalized in the Peoples Republic of China. Read More »
Tag Archives: China
The Horse Thief (1986) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan, Daiba, Jiji Dan, Drashi
The story of Norbu, a horse thief, who is thrown out of his tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Read More »
Lost in Beijing (2007) Yu Li, Bingbing Fan, Dawei Tong, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Lin Dong and Wang Mei are a childless couple in Beijing, wealthy, approaching middle age. Read More »
Ordinary Heroes (1999) Ann Hui, Kang-sheng Lee, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Kwan-Ho Tse
Ordinary Heroes is a 1999 Cantonese-language film directed by Ann Hui. Read More »
Little Toys (1933) Yu Sun, Lingyu Ruan, Congmei Yuan, Li-li Li
Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. Read More »
Ameera (2014) Honghui Xu, Collin Chou, So Won Ham, Micheal Han
The film tells the female agent Ameera after a failed mission, private life crisis, conspiracy Read More »
Winter Vacation (2010) Hongqi Li, Jinfeng Bai, Lei Bao, Hui Wang
An ordinary village in Northern China, the last day of the winter vacation. Read More »
Deep in the Heart (2014) Yukun Xin, Weimin Huo, Xiaotian Wang, Yun Luo
A young man tries to get away from his family’s overwhelming power, but when he accidentally kills a local thug Read More »
The Women From The Lake of Scented Souls (1993) Fei Xie, Gaowa Siqin, Yujuan Wu, Baoguo Chen
If money can’t buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Read More »
Still Life (2006) Zhangke Jia, Tao Zhao, Zhou Lan, Sanming Han
Against the backdrop of the mammoth Three Gorges Dam engineering project in the declining city of Fengjie Read More »