Life on a String (film)

Life on a String
DVD release cover
Directed by	Chen Kaige
Written by	Chen Kaige Novel: Shi Tiesheng
Produced by	Karl Baumgartner, Cai Rubin Donald Ranvaud
Starring	Huang Lei Xu Qing
Cinematography	Gu Changwei
Edited by
Music by	Qu Xiaosong
Distributed by	United States (DVD): Kino International
Release date	1991
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[]

• 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[]

External links[]

• 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

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