Dam Street (2005)
- Original title
- 红颜
- Directed by
- Li Yu
- Genre
- teen film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 13 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 young woman in rural Sichuan navigates the quiet burdens of her past and her present. The film follows her everyday life and the relationships that bind her to her community.
melancholicslow-burnemotionalintimateobservationalrestrainedlyricalearthyunderstated
What happens
Dam Street (Chinese: 红颜; lit. 'Rouge face') is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Li Yu. Dam Street is Li's second feature film, after 2001's Fish and Elephant and was produced by screenwriter Fang Li's Laurel Films and Sylvain Bursztejn's French company, Rosem Films. Dam Street, shot mainly in Sichuanese Mandarin, follows the life of a young woman, Xiaoyun in a corner of China's central Sichuan province. The film premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival on September 8, and also received a handful of other showings at other festivals, notably Toronto (2005) and Deauville (2006). Lead actress Liu Yi is a notable Sichuan opera actress (Plum Blossom Award, 2007). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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