''Cry Woman'' () is a 2002
Chinese film
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directed by
Liu Bingjian
Liu Bingjian (born October 16, 1963, in Anhui) is a Chinese film director who emerged on the cinema scene in the late 1990s with his LGBT-themed film ''Men and Women''.
Career
Originally trained as a painter, Liu attended the prestigious Beijin ...
. It was Liu's third feature film and like his previous two films, ''Incense'' and ''
Men and Women'', ''Cry Woman'' was not given permission to screen in China.
''Cry Woman'' stars the
Beijing Opera star
Liao Qin in her first film role.
Despite being banned in China, the film was screened at several international venues, including the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held in the Czech Republic
and in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
2002 Cannes Film Festival
The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski.
The festival opened with '' Hollywood Ending'', direct ...
.
Plot
Wang Guixiang (
Liao Qin) and her husband (
Li Longjun) are a migrant couple living in
Beijing
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. Wang is eking out a career selling unlicensed DVDs when disaster strikes and police confiscate her DVD stocks, and her husband is arrested after getting into a fight over a
mahjong game. Forced to return to Guizhou, she meets an old boyfriend (
Wei Xingkun), who suggests she take a job as a professional mourner. Surprisingly, Wang finds herself very good at her new job as a "cry woman" and soon discovers that her talents are very much in demand.
Cast
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Liao Qin
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Li Longjun
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Wei Xingkun
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Wen Qing
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Zhu Jiayue
References
External links
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''Cry Woman''at the Chinese Movie Database
Official Site(French release)
2002 films
2000s Mandarin-language films
Films set in Beijing
Films set in Guizhou
2002 comedy-drama films
Films directed by Liu Bingjian
Chinese comedy-drama films
2000s Chinese films
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