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
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 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.
melancholicslow-burnromanticmysteriousurbanreflectiveintimatebittersweet
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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