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
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
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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