- The Other Half (2006 film)
Infobox Chinese Film
name = The Other Half
caption =
director =Ying Liang
producer =Peng Shan
writer =Ying Liang Peng Shan
starring =Zeng Xiaofei Deng Gang Zhao KeChow
music =Ko Kyota
Zhang Xiao
cinematography =Li Rongsheng
Ying Liang
editing =Ying Liang
distributor =
released =
runtime = 111 min.
country = China
language = Mandarin
budget =
preceded_by =
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amg_id = 1:392756
imdb_id = 1102265
jianti = 另一半
fanti = 另一半
pinyin = lìng yībàn"The Other Half" (zh-s|s=另一半) is an award winning independent Chinese film. It's the second feature from a Chinese director
Ying Liang .ynopsis
A sensitive and ironic portrayal of life in a Chinese industrial town, where a law clerk contends with her clients’ litany of woes, her shady boyfriend’s gambling addiction, her estranged father and the threat of toxic pollution.
Xiaofen works as a clerk at a law firm located in a developing city in Southwestern China. Her job is to meet different female clients of the firm and document each case. However, just like the female clients involved in those lawsuits, Xiaofen is also in trouble. She feels anxious and unsafe. Her boyfriend, who was living with her, goes missing, possibly because he was a murderer. And her mother and her women friends lead unsettled lives.
This movie consists of two alternating parts. One part comprises the actual, true stories told by the female clients whom Xiaofen meets in her job. The other part is the narrative about Xiaofen herself and her female friends. The intention of the film’s structure is to present a contemporary report on the status of women living in an inland city in China.
Awards
* [http://eng.jiff.or.kr/festival/award Woosuk Award] at the
Jeonju International Film Festival 2007
* [http://www.filmfest.org.sg/awards.php Special Jury Award] at theSingapore International Film Festival 2007
* [http://www.filmex.net/2006/compe-e.htm The Special Jury Prize Kodak VISION Award] atTokyo Filmex 2006Film festivals
* [http://www.filmlinc.com/ndnf/program/theotherhalf.html New Directors/New Films] at [http://www.filmlinc.com/ The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center]
* [http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/mosaiques/films.php?m=5 Mosaïques 2007]
* [http://www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/programme/show_detail.php?fi_id=249 The 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival 第三十一屆香港國際電影節]
* [http://fest07.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=79 The 50th San Francisco International Film Festival]External links
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