Qin Hailu Movies
- 2007
As the political tides turn and social change washes over the culture time and again, an altruistic primary school teacher in the provinces does his best to go about his business and always be there for his students. Chen Yu (Tony Leung Ka-fai) is a kindly, accordion-playing educator who, after being back in China for six years, is sent to teach at a rural Hubei school in the summer of 1963 due to a political transgression committed by his family. The easygoing teacher immediately clashes with the strict head of the school and gets chastised by fellow teacher Zhou Min (Qin Hailu) for his lack of political correctness, and is promptly sent away for "reform" after folding sex education into his lessons. Five years later, the Cultural Revolution is in full swing, and Chen is working on a farm. After a chance reunion with Zhou, the pair becomes romantically involved and soon settles down to start a family. Sixteen years later, the happily married couple is struggling to break through to their rebellious teenage son Taotao (Zhang Xiaodao) and Chen has gone back to teaching. Later, Taotao runs away to Beijing, leaving his saddened parents to wonder just where it all went wrong. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Qin Hailu, (more)
- 2006
A young boy finds his unwavering loyalty to his loutish dad sealing a decidedly grim fate in Hong Kong director-turned-editor Patrick Tam's first directorial effort since his 1989 thriller My Heart Is That Eternal Rose. There was a time when Chow Cheong-shing (Aaron Kwok) was considered a smooth-talking ladies' man, but many years of gambling have turned him into a bitter and abusive shell of his former self. When Chow's admiring young son (Gow Ian Iskander) reveals to his father that his mother is packing her bags and planning a hasty getaway, the enraged Chow delivers a merciless beating to the woman that leaves father and son to fend for themselves. Now forced to resort to petty thievery as a means of helping dad pay off a series of lingering gambling debts, the young boy soon ends up locked away in a juvenile-detention facility. Soon thereafter, when Chow drops by to visit his son, the boy launches a vicious attack on his father that drives the pair apart for more than a decade. Years later, Chow's son has grown into a man, and is suddenly stricken with an overpowering bout of nostalgia and that leads him back to his old hometown and the quiet streets of his youth. Just then, far off in the distance, the emotionally scarred son catches a glimpse of a man who appears to be his father. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Aaron Kwok, Charlie Yeung, (more)
A schizophrenic photographer becomes convinced that he murdered his cheating wife before disposing of her body in a cello case in director Zhang Bingian's blackly comic psychological shocker. As the lines between the conscious and the subconscious gradually begin to blur, madness begins to infect the mind of the deeply disturbed shutterbug (Ge You) who can't quite distinguish reality from fantasy. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 2002
An unknown poet seeks inspiration in this character-driven drama from director Meng Jinghui. Facing an uncertain future and unable to fuel his creative fire, Yun Fei (Jyanbin Chen) heads for the Bejing suburbs in order to seek the advice of his old college buddy. Further discouraged after finding out that his friend is currently finding success as a breeder of black chickens, Yun Fei subsequently meets a colorblind girl who encourages him to keep at his writing. Though inspiration continues to elude him, Yun Fei finds sudden and unexpected success after purchasing a pirated record with seemingly magical powers. Though he has finally found the success he longed for, Yun Fei still can't help but feeling that something is missing from his life. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Chen Jianbin, Qin Hailu, (more)
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