Before Born (2006)

Original title

结果

Directed by

Zhang Ming

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

15

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A private detective is hired to find evidence of an affair in a coastal Chinese city. He discovers the man he is tracking has vanished, and he meets a mysterious young woman also searching for him.

surrealmysteriousslow-pacedcontemplativeuneasyatmosphericenigmaticabsurd

What happens

Before Born (simplified Chinese: 结果; traditional Chinese: 結; pinyin: jiégǔo) is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming. Only Zhang's third film in a decade, Before Born is a surreal mystery about modern Chinese life that has garnered comparisons to L'avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni's classic 1960 film. The film tells the story of a private detective, Huang Guangliang, hired to gather evidence of an affair by a man named Li Chonggao. When he arrives in the coastal city of Beihai in search of his target, he discovers that he has disappeared and instead meets an enigmatic young woman who is also looking for Li. Before Born screened at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival as part of its Forum program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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