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6.9/10   543 votes
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Director:

Xiaoshuai Wang

Writer:

Xiaoshuai Wang (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

3 June 2005 (China) more

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In the 1960's, encouraged by the government, a large number of families leave Chinese cities to settle in the poorer regions of the country... more | add synopsis

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination more

User Comments:

Deserving 2005 Cannes "Prix du jury" winner more (12 total)


Cast

 
Yuanyuan Gao ... Qinghong
Bin Li ... Xiao Gen Er
Yang Tang ... Zhou Meifen
Xueyang Wang ... Xiao Zhen
Anlian Yao ... Wu Zernin
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Directed by
Xiaoshuai Wang 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Xiaoshuai Wang  writer

Produced by
Huatong Li .... executive producer
Wei Li .... executive producer
Li Pi .... producer
 
Original Music by
Wu Zhang 
 
Cinematography by
Di Wu 
 
Film Editing by
Hongyu Yang 
 
Sound Department
Jingyan Zhang .... sound
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Shanghai Dreams (International: English title)
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Runtime:

France:123 min

Country:

China

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Debo Film Ltd. more


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Deserving 2005 Cannes "Prix du jury" winner, 9 October 2005

In good company such as "Broken Flowers" which won the "Grand prix" at Cannes this year, "Shanghai dreams" brought home the "Prix du jury" which it well deserves. The movie has little to do with Shanghai except as a backdrop. The story takes place in Guiyang in the province of Guizhou in the '80s.

The centre character of the movie, Qinghong (the Chinese title of the movie), is a bright, sensitive and sensible teenage girl who moved with her family from modernised coastal Shanghai to the more backwards interior 10 year ago. Her father was initially happy to be a worker participating in the strategic scheme to form a "third line of defence" in the event of war against the Soviet Union, but soon started to blame her mother for persuading him into this folly. He became bitterer every day as Shanghai prospered and longed to return at the first available opportunity which, unfortunately, seemed elusive.

This historical background adds another dimension to the familiar and universal story of general gap and family strife. Added to this is social and class conflict, when Qinghong develops a romantic attachment to a young local factory worker. There are also subplots that give the audience insightful glimpses, through various well-depicted character, into the life of the industrial-rural community.

The movie starts at a characteristically slow pace, but picks up momentum towards the end with a tinge of a suspense thriller (just a tinge though). It has a solid ensemble cast, mesmerising photography of the bleak but character-rich landscape and great direction. Thoughtful attention to details is very evident in, for example, some of the simple scene of family dinner. There are also crisp montages (particularly towards the end) that tell the story in a remarkably efficient and interesting way.

"Shanghai dreams" is one of those movies that starts feeling a bit slow but gets more and more engrossing once you get into it. You come out with a feeling that your experience has been enriched. It's a movie that you would want to talk about afterwards.

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