Lunar Eclipse (film)

Lunar Eclipse
Traditional	月蝕
Simplified	=月蚀
Mandarin	Yùe shí
Directed by	Wang Quan'an
Written by	Wang Quan'an
Starring	Yu Nan Wu Chao Hu Xiaoguang
Music by	Zhang Yang
Cinematography	Gao Fei
Edited by	Dayyan Eng
Production company	Beijing Film Studio
Release dates	1999
Running time	95 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

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.^[1][2]

Cast

• Yu Nan as Ya Nan, a young bride
• Hu Xiaoguang as Guohao, Ya Nan's husband is Ying Yan Xiang
• Wu Chao as Xiaobing, a minivan driver and amateur photographer

Reception

Awards and nominations

• 2000 22nd Moscow International Film Festival - Lunar Eclipse was in competition for the festival's top prize, the Golden St. George, though it failed to win. It did, however, win the FIPRESCI Prize.^[3]
• 2001 Deauville Asian Film Festival - Lunar Eclipse won a prize for Best Actress for Yu Nan's performance.

See also

• Suzhou River, Lou Ye's 2000 film that share similar themes

References

1. Ma, Jean Y. (2003-06-22). "Doubled lives, dissimulated history: Hou Hsiao Hsien's Good Men, Good Women". Post Script. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
2. Elley, Derek (2000-09-05). "A Lingering Face review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
3. "22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

External links

• Lunar Eclipse at the Internet Movie Database
• Lunar Eclipse at the Chinese Movie Database
• Lunar Eclipse at Cinemasie