Cry Woman
Cry Woman (Chinese: 哭泣的女人; pinyin: Kū qì de nǔ rén) is a 2002 Chinese film directed by Liu Bingjian. It was Liu's third feature film and like his previous two films, Incense and Men and Women, Cry Woman was not given permission to screen in China.
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| Traditional | 哭泣的女人 |
| Simplified | 哭泣的女人 |
| Mandarin | Kū qì de nǔ rén |
| Directed by | Liu Bingjian |
| Produced by | Jason Chae Ellen Kim Michel Reilhac Deng Ye |
| Written by | Liu Bingjian Deng Ye |
| Starring | Liao Qin Wei Xingkun Zhu Jiayue Li Longjun |
| Music by | Dong Liqiang |
| Cinematography | Xu Wei |
| Edited by | Ying Zhou |
| Distributed by | Mirovision |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Cry Woman stars the Beijing Opera star Liao Qin in her first film role.[1]
Despite being banned in China, the film was screened at several international venues, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held in the Czech Republic[2] and in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Plot
Wang Guixiang (Liao Qin) and her husband (Li Longjun) are a migrant couple living in Beijing. Wang is eking out a career selling unlicensed DVDs when disaster strikes and police confiscate her DVD stocks, and her husband is arrested after getting into a fight over a mahjong game. Forced to return to Guizhou, she meets an old boyfriend (Wei Xingkun), who suggests she take a job as a professional mourner. Surprisingly, Wang finds herself very good at her new job as a "cry woman" and soon discovers that her talents are very much in demand.
Cast
- Liao Qin
- Li Longjun
- Wei Xingkun
- Wen Qing
- Zhu Jiayue
References
- Vick, Tom (2002). "Kuqide Nuren". allmovie. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- "Cry Woman". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- "Festival de Cannes: Cry Woman". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
External links
- Cry Woman at IMDb
- Cry Woman at AllMovie
- Cry Woman at the Chinese Movie Database
- (in French) Official Site (French release)