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Cry Woman 
Traditional 哭泣的女人 Simplified 哭泣的女人 Mandarin Kū qì de nǔ rén Directed by Liu Bingjian Produced by Jason Chae
Ellen Kim
Michel Reilhac
Deng YeWritten by Liu Bingjian
Deng YeStarring Liao Qin
Wei Xingkun
Zhu Jiayue
Li LongjunMusic by Dong Liqiang Cinematography Xu Wei Editing by Ying Zhou Distributed by International Sales:
Mirovision
France:
Zootrope FilmsRelease date(s) Cannes:
May 19, 2002Running time 90 minutes Country China Language Mandarin Cry Woman (Chinese: 哭泣的女人; pinyin: Kū qì de nǔ rén) is a 2002 Chinese film directed by Liu Bingjian. 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.[1]
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[2] and in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Contents
Plot
Wang Guixiang (Liao Qin) and her husband (Li Longjun) are a migrant couple living in Beijing. Wang is eking out a career selling pirated 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
- Liao Qin
- Li Longjun
- Wei Xingkun
- Wen Qing
- Zhu Jiayue
References
- ^ Vick, Tom (2002). "Kuqide Nuren". allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:266090. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ "Cry Woman". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 2002. http://www.kviff.com/en/film-archive-detail/20021449-cry-woman/. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Cry Woman". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3112228/year/2002.html. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
External links
- Cry Woman at the Internet Movie Database
- Cry Woman at AllRovi
- Cry Woman at the Chinese Movie Database
- (French) Official Site (French release)
Cinema of China 
Categories:- Chinese films
- Mandarin-language films
- 2002 films
- Films set in Beijing
- Films set in Guizhou
- 2000s comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Liu Bingjian
- Chinese film stubs
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