Jianbin Chen

  • Jing Hui Meng – Xiang ji mao yi yang fei AKA Chicken Poets (2002)

    2001-2010ChinaDramaJing Hui Meng

    Yun Fei, a young poet, seeks the advice of an old university friend who lives in the Beijing suburbs, discovering that his friend has gone into business breeding black chickens. Discouraged about his future as a poet, Yun Fei starts a relationship with a colorblind young girl who encourages him to persevere. But even this new relationship is not enough to inspire him to write. It’s at this point that he buys a pirated record whose magical powers bring him the success he’s longed for. However, sudden fame does not seem to solve everything. The first film of Beijing theatre director Meng Jing Hui, Chicken Poets is an insightful and poetic look at materialism and the younger generation in China.Read More »

  • Xiaogang Gu – Dwelling by the West Lake (2023)

    Xiaogang Gu2021-2030ChinaDrama
    Dwelling by the West Lake (2023)
    Dwelling by the West Lake (2023)

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    Mu Lian, a young man who came to Hangzhou to find his missing father, needs to save his mother who mistakenly entered the fraud organization.Read More »

  • Shangjun Cai – Ren shan ren hai AKA People Mountain People Sea (2011)

    2011-2020ArthouseAsianChinaShangjun Cai

    Synopsis : Lao Tie knows in his heart that he must help find his younger brother’s killer, despite his own problems. He has only recently returned home penniless to the remote mountain community after years away working in the city. Although the police identified the murderer as ex-con Xiao Qiang from a neighbouring village, they were not able to stop him from escaping. Lao Tie decides to hunt down his brother’s killer. He begins a journey that will unleash his long-suppressed inner pain and rage.Read More »

  • Jianbin Chen – Yi ge shao zi AKA A Fool (2014)

    2011-2020ChinaComedyDramaJianbin Chen

    Latiaozi was a Farmer who made a living with shepherding with his wife Jinzhizi. One day, their only son had been condemned for the crime. The couple scrabbled up 50000 Yuan to ask Li Datou, the able person of the town, for help, begging if Li Datou could find some big shot to reduce the penalty of their son. But they had been cheated. Latiaozi went to Li Datou’s home to argue for his money but he failed. On his way home, he met a fool by accident. He had no choice but to pick him home. After a night spent in sheepfold, the fool was sent back to the town…Read More »

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