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Purple Butterfly
''Purple Butterfly'' () is a 2003 Chinese film, directed by Lou Ye. It is Lou's third film after '' Weekend Lover'' and '' Suzhou River''. It stars Chinese mainland actors, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye and Li Bingbing, as well as Japanese actor Tōru Nakamura. The film premiered on May 23, 2003, at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, and was given a limited release in New York City the following year on November 26, 2004. The film was only released in one theater in the United States (in New York City) for three weeks where it grossed $17,790. Plot Cynthia (Zhang Ziyi) and a Japanese student, Itami (Tôru Nakamura), have fallen in love in Japanese controlled Manchukuo prior to the war when Itami is forced to return to Japan. Years later, in Shanghai, Szeto ( Liu Ye) and Tang Yiling (Li Bingbing) have fallen in love. Cynthia has also returned to Shanghai now as a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group against the Japanese occupation, led by Xie Ming (Feng Yuanzheng). After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Ye
Lou Ye (), born 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter- director who is commonly grouped with the " Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema. Films Born in Shanghai, Lou was educated at the Beijing Film Academy. In 1993, he made his first film ''Weekend Lover'', but it was not released until two years later, having its world premiere at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg where it received the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award. Between completion and premiere of ''Weekend Lover'' he made and released ''Don't Be Young'', a thriller about a girl who takes her nightmares as real, in 1994. Lou, however, did not gain international prominence until his third film, the neo-noir '' Suzhou River''. That film dealt with questions of identity and proved quite controversial upon its release in China. Upon its release, international audiences praised ''Suzhou River'', which several critics felt evoked Alfred Hitchcock's ''Vertigo'', particularly in how both films focus on a man obses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |