The Poet (1998)
- Original title
- 顧城別戀
- Directed by
- Casey Chan Lai-Ying
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rating
- 4.5 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Chinese poet moves to New Zealand with his wife and mistress, hoping to find freedom for his art. But life abroad does not go as he expected, and he must face difficult choices about his relationships and his work.
melancholicslow-burnintrospectivebittersweetthoughtfulpoignantrealisticgently paced
What happens
The Poet (Gu cheng bielian) est un film hong-kongais réalisé par Casey Chan, sorti en 1998. Gu Cheng, poète chinois contemporain, émigre en Nouvelle-Zélande avec sa femme Reimi, ainsi que sa maîtresse Ching, à une époque où face à une économie en pleine expansion, les idéologies culturelles et artistiques piétinent. Il lui fallait choisir entre rester en Chine et se battre pour le « nouveau mouvement culturel et artistique », ou s'expatrier avec sa famille. Il finit par opter pour la deuxième solution. Malheureusement, rien ne se déroula comme il l'avait prévu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bishonen (1998)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.