Lunar Eclipse (film)

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 Beijing Film Studio.

Lunar Eclipse
Traditional Chinese月蝕
Simplified Chinese月蚀
Hanyu PinyinYùe shí
Directed byWang Quan'an
Written byWang Quan'an
StarringYu Nan
Wu Chao
Hu Xiaoguang
CinematographyGao Fei
Edited byDayyan Eng
Music byZhang Yang
Production
company
Beijing Film Studio
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

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
  • Hu Xiaoguang as Guohao, Ya Nan's husband is Ying Yan Xiang
  • Wu Chao as Xiaobing, a minivan driver and amateur photographer

Reception

Awards and nominations

See also

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