''Cry Me a River'' ( ''Heshang de aiqing'', literally "love on the river") is a 2008 short film directed by Chinese filmmaker
Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...
. The film is a romance recounting the reunion of four college friends and lovers after ten years. The leads are played by Jia regulars
Zhao Tao and
Wang Hongwei, and
Hao Lei
Hao Lei (born 1 November 1978) is a Chinese actress and singer, known for her starring roles in Lou Ye's films ''Summer Palace'' (2006) and '' Mystery'' (2012).
Biography
In 2003, Hao Lei starred in Liao Yimei's play '' Rhinoceros in Love'' in ...
and
Guo Xiaodong
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, who starred together in
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 ''W ...
's 2006 film ''
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace () is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill () Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of , three-quarte ...
''. Jia has stated that he was inspired by the classic Chinese film ''
Spring in a Small Town
''Spring in a Small Town'' is a 1948 black-and-white Chinese film, written by Li Tianji () and directed by Fei Mu, a director known for his empathetic portrayal of women.Daruvala, S. (2007). The aesthetics and moral politics of Fei Mu's Spring in ...
'', also about the reuniting of former lovers in a rural river town in eastern China.
The film was produced by Jia's own
Xstream Pictures.
Release
The film premiered at the
out-of-competition as one of two Chinese films in the lineup (
Yu Lik-wai
Yu Lik-wai (; born 12 August 1966), sometimes credited as Nelson Yu, is a Hong Kong cinematographer, film director, and occasional film producer. Born in Hong Kong, Yu Lik-wai was educated at Belgium's INSAS ( Institut National Superieur des Arts ...
's ''
Plastic City
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'' was the other).
[ The short film also screened with Jia's feature length '']24 City
''24 City'' ( zh, s=二十四城记) is a 2008 film directed and co-written by Chinese film-maker Jia Zhangke. The film follows three generations of characters in Chengdu (in the 1950s, the 1970s and the present) as a state-owned factory gives ...
'' as a companion piece at the BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and sho ...
in October 2008.
References
External links
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''Cry Me a River''
at the Chinese Movie Database
Chinese short films
2008 films
2000s Mandarin-language films
Films directed by Jia Zhangke
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