Lunar Eclipse (1999)

Original title

月蝕

Directed by

Wang Quan'an

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newlywed woman becomes fascinated by an amateur photographer who says he once loved a woman who looked exactly like her. The film follows her growing obsession and the echoes of a past love in modern Beijing.

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What happens

Lunar Eclipse is a 1999 Chinese film and the directorial debut from Sixth Generation director Wang Quan'an. It is also the feature film debut of Wang's most frequent collaborator/muse Yu Nan. Unlike his next two films, which focus on rural communities, Lunar Eclipse is an urban drama following the wife of a newlywed couple (Yu Nan) who becomes mesmerized by an amateur photographer (Wu Chao) who claims to have once been in love with a woman who looked just like her. The film was produced by the Beijing Film Studio. With its themes of dual female identities, the film is often referenced in conjunction with Lou Ye's Suzhou River. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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