- Cry Me a River (film)
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Cry Me a River Traditional 河上的愛情 Simplified 河上的爱情 Mandarin Héshàng de àiqíng Directed by Jia Zhangke Written by Jia Zhangke Starring Zhao Tao
Wang Hongwei
Hao Lei
Guo XiaodongEditing by Jia Zhangke Release date(s) Venice:
August 29, 2008[1]Running time 19 minutes Country China Language Mandarin Cry Me a River is a 2008 short film directed by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. The film is a romance based around 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 and Guo Xiaodong, who starred together in Lou Ye's 2006 film Summer Palace. Jia has stated that he was inspired by the classic Chinese film Spring in a Small Town, also about the reuniting of former lovers in a rural river town in eastern China.[2]
The film was produced by Jia's own Xstream Pictures.[3]
Release
The film premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival out-of-competition as one of two Chinese films in the lineup (Yu Lik-wai's Plastic City was the other).[3] The short film also screened with Jia's feature length 24 City as a companion piece at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2008.[4]
References
- ^ Xinhua News Agency (2008-08-30). "Photocall of Jia's "Cry Me a River" at Venice". Sina.com. http://english.sina.com/entertainment/p/2008/0830/182820.html. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ ""Cry Me a River" makes splash in Venice". CCTV.com. 2008-08-31. http://www.cctv.com/english/20080831/101387.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ a b "Two Chinese Movies in the Lineup of the 65th Venice Film Festival". Crienglish.com. 2008-07-30. http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/07/30/902s387287.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ "24 City (Ershisi Cheng Ji)". British Film Institute. http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/24_city. Retrieved 2008-09-19.[dead link]
External links
- Cry Me a River at the Internet Movie Database
- Cry Me a River at AllRovi
- Cry Me a River at the Chinese Movie Database
Films directed by Jia Zhangke Feature Films Xiao Wu (1997) • Platform (2000) • Unknown Pleasures (2002) • The World (2004) • Still Life (2006) • 24 City (2008)Documentary Films Short Films One Day in Beijing (1994) • Xiao Shan Going Home (1995) • Du Du (1996) • In Public (2001) • The Condition of Dogs (2001) • Our Ten Years (2007) • Cry Me a River (2008)Cinema of China 
Categories:- Chinese films
- Chinese short films
- 2008 films
- Mandarin-language films
- Films directed by Jia Zhangke
- Chinese film stubs
- Short film stubs
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