IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
CINEMA OF THE WORLD<br />
2007, 35 mm, Colour, 94 mins, Mandarin<br />
China<br />
Night Train / Ye che<br />
In this strikingly composed, minimalist drama set in the western Shaanxi province <strong>of</strong><br />
China, young widow Wu Hongyan, works with women awaiting execution-mostly for<br />
crimes <strong>of</strong> passion. On weekends, she takes the train to 'Good Luck Matchmaking'<br />
dances, but gets no satisfaction from these mostly sexual encounters. Other days are<br />
spent alone in her apartment, listening enviously to the aggressive sounds <strong>of</strong> her<br />
salacious neighbour's lovemaking. When she meets reservoir caretaker Li Jun, he<br />
intrigues her, but it soon becomes clear that Li Jun has a secret: he is the widower <strong>of</strong> one<br />
<strong>of</strong> Wu's executed prisoners. The two embark on an unstable sexual relationship. Li Jun is<br />
torn both ways: by his attraction to Wu, and his desire to enact some sort <strong>of</strong> vengeance.<br />
Wu, meanwhile, grows concerned about her personal safety in this new volatile<br />
relationship.<br />
Director<br />
Diao Yi'Nan<br />
Screenplay<br />
Diao Yi'Nan<br />
Cinematography<br />
Jingsong Dong<br />
Editor<br />
Jing Lei Kong<br />
Music<br />
Zi Wen<br />
Cast<br />
Dan Liu (Wu Hongyan), Dao Qi (Li Jun)<br />
Production<br />
Steve Chow, Luca Matrundola, Vivian Qu<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s & Awards<br />
2007: Cannes (Un Certain Regard), London, Warsaw (Grand<br />
Prix); <strong>2008</strong>: Buenos Aires (Special Award for Diao Yi'Nan,<br />
ADF Cinematography Award, Best Actress), Lisbon (Special<br />
Mention), Melbourne, Hong Kong<br />
(<strong>Film</strong> Courtesy: NDTV Lumiere)<br />
Diao Yi'Nan graduated from Beijing's Central Drama Academy in 1992. A prolific<br />
writer for stage, television and film, he wrote the screenplay <strong>of</strong> Shi Runjiu's 2001 film All<br />
The Way (Zou Dao Di) and co-wrote Zhang Yang's award-winning films Spicy Love<br />
Soup (Aiqing Mala Tang, 1997) and Shower (Xizao, 2000). Diao received praise for his<br />
first feature, 2003's Uniform, which won the Vancouver's Dragons and Tigers Award, as<br />
well as the Amnesty Doen Award Special Mention at Rotterdam. Uniform was also the<br />
only Chinese film selected by New York's Museum <strong>of</strong> Modern Art for its prestigious<br />
Premieres programme in 2004.<br />
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