Jing Ye

  • Yuan Zhang – Dong gong xi gong AKA East Palace, West Palace (1996)

    Yuan Zhang1991-2000AsianChinaDrama
    Dong gong xi gong (1996)
    Dong gong xi gong (1996)

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    The most daring and achieved of all the ‘illegal’ independent films made in China in the ’90s – and quite probably the last, since it prompted the Film Bureau to formally outlaw unauthorised production and confiscate the directors Zhang Yuan’s passport.Read More »

  • Shaohong Li – Sishi puhuo AKA Family Portrait (1992)

    Shaohong Li1991-2000ChinaDrama

    After laying bare backward village mentalities in Bloody Morning, Li Shaohong turns her attention to China’s urban middle class. Cao is a photographer, married to an opera singer and with an infant son, caught in the usual professional morass of political compromise. His life starts to fall apart when he learns that his ex-wife also bore him a son some months after their divorce – and when the boy turns up looking for his father. Nothing wildly dramatic, just believable people in believable situations. If the ending seems a touch forced, this is nevertheless a sign that ‘Fifth Generation’ cinema is changing and coming to terms with up-to-date realities.Read More »

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