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Shun Li and the Poet is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Andrea Segre released in USA on 21 june 2013 with Rade Šerbedžija

Shun Li and the Poet (2011)

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Shun Li and the Poet
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Released in USA 21 june 2013
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginItalie
Genres Drama
Rating71% 3.593083.593083.593083.593083.59308

Shun Li and the Poet (Italian: Io sono Li) is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Andrea Segre. It won the European Parliament Lux Prize in 2012. Zhao Tao won the 2012 David di Donatello for Best Actress for her performance as Shun Li. It also took out the 2014 Whitehead Award at the 13th annual international film festival.

Synopsis

Shun Li (Zhao Tao) has been working in a textile workshop in the outskirts of Rome for eight years trying to obtain the documents to bring her son to Italy. She is suddenly transferred to Chioggia, a small island town situated in the Venetian lagoon to work as a bartender in a tavern. Bepi (Rade Šerbedžija), a fisherman of Slavic origin, nicknamed by friends as "the Poet", has been visiting the little inn for years. Their meeting is a poetic escape from loneliness, a silent dialogue between different cultures. It is a journey into the heart of a deep lagoon, known to be a mother and birthplace of identity. But the friendship between Shun Li and Bepi disturbs both communities, Chinese and Chioggia, which hinders this new journey, which perhaps is simply still too scary.

Actors

Rade Šerbedžija

(Bepi, the Poet)
Zhao Tao

(Shun Li)
Marco Paolini

(Coppe)
Roberto Citran

(Lawyer)
Giuseppe Battiston

(Devis)
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