Lunar Eclipse (film)

Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
Traditional	月蝕
Simplified	=月蚀
Mandarin	Yùe shí
Directed by	Wang Quan'an
Written by	Wang Quan'an
Starring	Yu Nan; ;
Cinematography	Gao Fei
Edited by	Dayyan Eng
Music by	Zhang Yang
Production; company
Release date	1999;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

Lunar Eclipse is a 1999 Chinese film and the directorial debut from Sixth Generation director Wang Quan'an. It is also the feature film debut of Wang's most frequent collaborator/muse Yu Nan. Unlike his next two films, which focus on rural communities, Lunar Eclipse is an urban drama following the wife of a newlywed couple (Yu Nan) who becomes mesmerized by an amateur photographer (Wu Chao) who claims to have once been in love with a woman who looked just like her. The film was produced by the .

With its themes of dual female identities, the film is often referenced in conjunction with Lou Ye's Suzhou River.^[1]^[2]

Cast[]

Yu Nan as Ya Nan, a young bride
as Guohao, Ya Nan's husband is Ying Yan Xiang
as Xiaobing, a minivan driver and amateur photographer

Reception[]

Awards and nominations[]

2000 22nd Moscow International Film Festival - Lunar Eclipse was in competition for the festival's top prize, the Golden St. George, though it failed to win. It did, however, win the FIPRESCI Prize.^[3]
2001 Deauville Asian Film Festival - Lunar Eclipse won a prize for Best Actress for Yu Nan's performance.

References[]

^ Ma, Jean Y. (2003-06-22). "Doubled lives, dissimulated history: Hou Hsiao Hsien's Good Men, Good Women". Post Script. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
^ Elley, Derek (2000-09-05). "A Lingering Face review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
^ "22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

External links[]

Lunar Eclipse at IMDb
Lunar Eclipse at the Chinese Movie Database
Lunar Eclipse at Cinemasie

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[1] Ma, Jean Y. (2003-06-22). "Doubled lives, dissimulated history: Hou Hsiao Hsien's Good Men, Good Women". Post Script. Retrieved 2008-01-06.

[2] Elley, Derek (2000-09-05). "A Lingering Face review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-06.

[Moscow2000-3] "22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

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