Life on a String (film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Chen Kaige |
Written by | Chen Kaige Novel: Shi Tiesheng |
Produced by | Karl Baumgartner Cai Rubin Donald Ranvaud |
Starring | Liu Zhongyuan Huang Lei Xu Qing |
Cinematography | Gu Changwei |
Edited by | Pei Xiaonan |
Music by | Qu Xiaosong |
Distributed by | United States (DVD): Kino International |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Life on a String (simplified Chinese: 边走边唱; traditional Chinese: 邊走邊唱; pinyin: Biān zǒu biān chàng; lit. 'Walking and singing at the same time') is a 1991 Chinese film by acclaimed film director Chen Kaige. Made before his international breakthrough Farewell, My Concubine, Life on a String is a more intimate and philosophical affair,[citation needed] telling the story of a blind sanxian player and his young disciple. The film was based on the novel Life on a String (《命若琴弦》) by Shi Tiesheng. The film was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Liu Zhongyuan as the Old Master, a master blind sanxian player, as a child he was told that upon wearing out his 1000th string, his sight would be restored.
- Huang Lei as Shitou, his young disciple.
- Xu Qing as Lanxiu
References
[edit]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Life on a String". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
External links
[edit]- Life on a String at IMDb
- Life on a String at AllMovie
- Life on a String at Rotten Tomatoes
- Life on a String at the Chinese Movie Database