Su Wa Movies
- 2002
- NR
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Dai Sijie directs Balzac et La Petite Tailleuse Chinoise (The Little Chinese Seamstress), a film adaptation of his own best-selling autobiographical novel. Set in China during the Cultural Revolution of the 1970s, the story follows Luo (Chen Kun) and Ma (Liu Ye), two young men from the city who are sent to a mountain village for a re-education in Maoist principles. They work with the peasants under the supervision of the village head man (Wang Shuangbao), who considers their violin to be a symbol of the bourgeoisie. Luo and Ma both fall in love with the little Chinese seamstress (Ziiou Xun), the daughter of the tailor (Chung Zhijun), and they read her forbidden works of Western literature including French writers Balzac and Dumas. The conclusion finds the two men reminincing about their experiences 30 years later. Balzac et La Petite Tailleuse Chinoise premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- 1998
Realistic, low key and gritty, this Chinese police drama follows an honest maverick cop as he embarks on a fruitless quest for honor and justice in the face of massive departmental corruption. Wu Jitang (Sun Min) works hard, has many years of experience, and is scrupulously honest, but due to past mistakes he has become a pariah in his department with no chance of promotion. Still, the dogged Wu continues his work, if for no other reason than to support his much-loved wife and lovely 12-year-old daughter. He does his best to ignore the blatant instances of graft and the misuse of police funds that he daily observes. Life for Wu becomes almost unbearable when during a business trip out of town, a neighboring teen rapes his daughter. Upon his return, Wu's superiors force him to head the investigation. The more information Wu unearths, the greater the pressure he feels. Unable to stand any more, Wu makes a fateful decision that will change his life and that of those around him forever. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sun Min, Lin Fengxu, (more)
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