Singing Behind Screens (2003)

Original title

Cantando dietro i paraventi

Directed by

Ermanno Olmi

Genre

adventure film, biographical film, pirate film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the life of a legendary Chinese female pirate. It tells her story through a series of stylized, theatrical scenes. The movie focuses on her rise to power and her leadership.

slow-burntheatricalcontemplativestylizedhistoricalstatelyepisodicmeditative

What happens

Singing Behind Screens (Italian: Cantando dietro i paraventi) is a 2003 Italian adventure-drama film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi, loosely inspired to real life events of Chinese pirate Ching Shih. The film won three David di Donatello and four Nastro d'Argento Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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