Released Date:
2001-09-01
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
China
Runtime:
106 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.3 (144 Reviews)
Director:
Yu LiTwo women, Qun and Ling, have a peaceful and loving relationship. But Qun's mother arrive to pay a visit and, not knowing her daughter is a lesbian, tries to arrange boyfriends for her. And Junjun, Ling's former girlfriend, reappears, after having killed her own father, who abused her.
Released Date:
2008-02-21
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
China
Runtime:
112 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (1646 Reviews)
Director:
Yu LiGenres:
DramaLi Fang
Yu Li
Emilie Saada (translator)
Lin Dong and Wang Mei are a childless couple in Beijing, wealthy, approaching middle age. Lin owns a foot-massage parlor. One afternoon he rapes one of his workers, Liu Pingguo, who has nearly passed out from drinking alcohol with a friend. Part of the assault is witnessed by Liu's husband, An Kun, a window washer. He's angry with the boss and with his wife, and he seeks compensation. Lin's wife counsels him and joins in revenge. Then, Liu realizes she's pregnant and a set of emotional calculations ensues: Lin wants to buy the child, Wang agrees but has conditions, An Kun goes back and forth and barely contains his anger; Liu withdraws. The baby comes. Can anything be sorted out?
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