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Giving the traditional, star-driven period epic a gloss-coating of topicality, Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s “She’s Got No Name” is based on a notorious real-life murder case that unfolded against the turbulent backdrop of 1940s China. And although it’s probably most notable for providing Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi with a remarkably de-glammed central role, it is the setting, rather than the sincere but only tentatively feminist storyline, that will likely give this handsome, lengthy movie its international appeal. The re-creation of mid-century Shanghai remains impressive even as Chan’s evident admiration for his heroine’s survival instinct starts to become rote, locking Zhang into a screenplay that gives plenty of depth to her character’s anguish, but little breadth to grow.
Zhang plays Zhan-Zhou, a poor, illiterate working-class woman with a birthmark grazing her forehead and cheek, whom we meet as she scurries from her alley tenement and onto a trolley car,...
Zhang plays Zhan-Zhou, a poor, illiterate working-class woman with a birthmark grazing her forehead and cheek, whom we meet as she scurries from her alley tenement and onto a trolley car,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist was named best film at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on Sunday evening (March 10).
The Japanese drama, which premiered in competition at Venice where it won five awards including the grand jury prize, also picked up best original music for composer Eiko Ishibashi.
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While Hamaguchi was not at the ceremony, held in the Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, the top prize was accepted in-person by Ishibashi, cinematographer Yoshio Kitagawa and co-editor Azusa Yamzaki – presented by...
The Japanese drama, which premiered in competition at Venice where it won five awards including the grand jury prize, also picked up best original music for composer Eiko Ishibashi.
Scroll down for full list of winners
While Hamaguchi was not at the ceremony, held in the Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, the top prize was accepted in-person by Ishibashi, cinematographer Yoshio Kitagawa and co-editor Azusa Yamzaki – presented by...
- 3/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
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Who can understand how difficult this year has been? Ever since taking up a temporary position at the Municipal Procuratorate, Han Ming (Lei Jiayin) has suffered a series of misfortunes. His son Han Yuchen (Liu Yaowen) has beaten up the school director's (Zhang Yi) son and is refusing to apologise. Feeling indignant, his wife Li Maojuan (Ma Li) then attacks the school director and actually succeeds. Han Ming constantly has disagreements with his colleague Lu Lingling (Gao Ye), and their legal case has been delayed indefinitely. In another related matter, Hao Xiuping (Zhao Liying) is forced into a desperate and extremely critical situation. As the battle between love and law unfolds, as career and family continue to hang in the balance, Han Ming decides to risk everything to pursue fairness and justice on his own terms … [Source: Translated from Douban]
This Zhang Yimou dramedy marks another collaboration with Lei Jiayin who has featured in...
This Zhang Yimou dramedy marks another collaboration with Lei Jiayin who has featured in...
- 1/30/2024
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
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Midi Z, the Taiwan-based Myanmar-born director whose career has expanded from no-budget documentaries and dramas to 2019 Cannes title “Nina Wu,” has wrapped “The Unseen Sister,” his first mainstream film in Mainland China.
As with “Nina Wu,” the protagonist is an actress successfully enduring various pressures and humiliations at work. But in “Unseen Sister” her artifice is threatened by an anonymous attempt to extort her and the sudden reappearance of her long-lost sister. The sister, who had been in Myanmar, brings with her incidents and revelations from the past as well as hints of a larger crisis linking the seemingly coincidental events of her return and the blackmail.
For the dual lead roles Z secured the services of rising Chinese actor Zhao Liying in the role of the actress and Xin Zhilei (“The Rescue” and Wong Kar-wai’s TV series “Blossoms Shanghai”) as her sister.
Production, which wrapped earlier this month,...
As with “Nina Wu,” the protagonist is an actress successfully enduring various pressures and humiliations at work. But in “Unseen Sister” her artifice is threatened by an anonymous attempt to extort her and the sudden reappearance of her long-lost sister. The sister, who had been in Myanmar, brings with her incidents and revelations from the past as well as hints of a larger crisis linking the seemingly coincidental events of her return and the blackmail.
For the dual lead roles Z secured the services of rising Chinese actor Zhao Liying in the role of the actress and Xin Zhilei (“The Rescue” and Wong Kar-wai’s TV series “Blossoms Shanghai”) as her sister.
Production, which wrapped earlier this month,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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Jennifer Lawrence is making time for Longines.
The Oscar winner has linked up with Swiss watchmaker Longines to serve as its newest Ambassador of Elegance. The move comes as Lawrence has returned to the big screen courtesy of the dramatic feature Causeway from Apple TV+ and her production company Excellent Cadaver.
Though terms of the deal were not disclosed, Lawrence said she’s “thrilled” to join the Longines family while looking forward to their partnership “in the years ahead.”
“Longines is rooted in a legacy of innovation and quality trusted by some of history’s greatest trailblazers,” said the 32-year-old. “Longines has long been synonymous with timeless elegance, which to me, can be defined as a quiet powerfulness met with grace and confidence. And as a native Kentuckian, I’ve always associated Longines with the Derby and the embodiment of tradition.”
Adds Longines...
Jennifer Lawrence is making time for Longines.
The Oscar winner has linked up with Swiss watchmaker Longines to serve as its newest Ambassador of Elegance. The move comes as Lawrence has returned to the big screen courtesy of the dramatic feature Causeway from Apple TV+ and her production company Excellent Cadaver.
Though terms of the deal were not disclosed, Lawrence said she’s “thrilled” to join the Longines family while looking forward to their partnership “in the years ahead.”
“Longines is rooted in a legacy of innovation and quality trusted by some of history’s greatest trailblazers,” said the 32-year-old. “Longines has long been synonymous with timeless elegance, which to me, can be defined as a quiet powerfulness met with grace and confidence. And as a native Kentuckian, I’ve always associated Longines with the Derby and the embodiment of tradition.”
Adds Longines...
- 11/2/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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