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Films from the country "chine", sorted by name
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Back to 1942 (2012)
, 2h26Directed by Feng Xiaogang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films, Disaster films
Actors Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan (徐帆), Li Qian, Feng Yuanzheng
The film is set in Henan, China in the winter of 1942, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Master Fan is a wealthy landlord in a village in Henan. When the village is suffering from famine, Fan still has plenty of food to feed his family and the villagers. A group of bandits come and rob the village, eventually burning it down to the ground. Fan's son died in the process of stopping the bandits.
Badges of Fury (2013)
, 1h38Origin Chine
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Films about television, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jet Li, Wen Zhang, Collin Chou, Michelle Chen Yan-hsi, Wu Jing, Stephen Fung
In just 3 days, three cases of Smiling Murder shock Hong Kong. As he looks into the homicide, the young detective Wang Bu Er (Wen Zhang), the police station's reckless buffoon, makes a shocking statement that this is a serial murder.
Beijing Bicycle (2002)
, 1h53Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors 周迅 (Zhou Xun), Gao Yuanyuan
Guei (played by Cui Lin) is a seventeen-year-old country boy who came to Beijing to make a living. Along with a number of other boys from the country, Guei finds employment with a courier company, which assigns them brand-new bicycles for use in their deliveries. The company manager (Xie Jian) announces to them that since the bicycles do not yet belong to them, they will only earn twenty percent of the commission. But once they have made enough deliveries to earn the bicycles, their share will be raised to fifty percent. Within two months Guei has made enough to earn his bicycle. However, on the day that Guei is due to take over the ownership, the bicycle is stolen while he is picking up a document. The manager fires Guei for neglecting to deliver the package, but, upon the latter's pleas, agrees to take him back if he succeeds in recovering his bicycle.
Better Days (2019)
, 2h5Directed by Derek Tsang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Actors Zhou Dongyu
Au moment du gaokao (concours d'entrée aux universités), la Chine tout entière s'immobilise. Pour près de dix millions d'élèves du secondaire, cet examen national, d'une durée de deux jours, déterminera où ils iront étudier. Il n'est pas rare que le destin de familles entières dépende des résultats. Comme tant d'autres, Nian (Zhou Dongyu) s'est concentrée sur la préparation de l'examen, a exclu de tout le reste et reste isolée. Une camarade de classe se suicide et elle devient la cible d'intimidations. Pendant ce temps, le destin la réunit avec la petite délinquante Bei avec qui elle signe un pacte.
Big Fish & Begonia (2016)
, 1h45Origin Chine
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Xu Weizhou
Chun, après avoir atteint l'âge de 16 ans, est envoyée dans le monde des hommes sous la forme d'un dauphin rouge / orange afin d'accomplir son rituel de passage à l'âge adulte et comprendre les lois de la nature. Elle souhaite faire l'expérience du monde humain et pas simplement l'observer. Durant son voyage, celle-ci découvre la beauté et la magnificence du monde des hommes mais se rend aussi compte de sa dangerosité. Pris au piège dans un vortex, elle est sur le point d'être tuée mais est sauvée à la dernière minute par un Kun, garçon humain, qui se noie après coup. Consommée par la culpabilité, Chun décide de s'opposer aux interdictions de son monde et part dans une aventure épique pour redonner vie au jeune homme. Elle devient protectrice de son âme et le protège vigoureusement contre tous ceux qui pourraient la gêner dans son périple, y compris sa propre famille.
Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
, 1h46Directed by Diao Yi'nan
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Kwai Lun-mei, Liao Fan
The story is set in northern China in 1999 and 2004. A detective works to solve a series of murders where the victims' dismembered parts are scattered across the province via coal shipments. The common thread is a female clerk in a dry cleaners.
Blind Shaft (2003)
, 1h32Directed by Li Yang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Sun Haiying
Most coal mines in China are worked by migrant workers who are forced to endure back-breaking, dangerous work in order to send money home. Some of them have additional schemes of their own.
Blossoms (2021)
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Actors Hu Ge, Kris Wu
Des vies ordinaires à Shanghai, de la Révolution culturelle des années 1960 à la modernisation des années 1990, forment un portrait de la ville et de ses changements.
Blush (1996)
, 2h5Directed by Wim Vandekeybus, Li Shaohong
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Wang Zhiwen, Xu Zheng
Blush takes place in the 1950s during a campaign by the new Communist government in China designed to "re-educate" prostitutes to become contributing members of society. Two such prostitutes, Xiao'e (He Saifei) and Qiuyi (Wang Ji), have recently been sent to a re-education camp by the People's Liberation Army. Rebelling against her new life of uniforms and forced re-education, Qiuyi escapes and becomes a kept woman for Laopu (Wang Zhiwen) When Qiuyi becomes pregnant, she seeks refuge in a Buddhist temple but is cast out when the nuns discover her pregnancy - soon after, the baby miscarries.
Breakup Buddies (2014)
, 1h56Origin Chine
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Zhou Dongyu, Xu Zheng, Yuan Quan, Guo Tao, Xia Yu
A former singer and his best friend embarks on a road trip together to deal with the emotional aftermath of a messy divorce.
Buddies In India (2017)
, 1h39Origin Chine
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Shruti Sodhi, Chen Peisi, Marc Ma
Un artiste acrobate de cirque accompagne en Inde le fils d'un PDG récemment décédé pour récupérer son testament. Son oncle envoie de nombreux voyous pour les éliminer, mais par chance et grâce aux acrobates de cirque, le jeune héritier de la société échappe à la mort. En arrivant à leur destination, ils comprennent que l'acrobate était le fils longtemps disparu de l'ami du PDG qui avait envoyé son fils en Inde dans le but de respecter sa promesse à son ami resté dans ce pays.
Caught in the Web (2012)
, 1h57Directed by Chen Kaige
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Actors Gao Yuanyuan, Yao Chen, Wang Xueqi
Set in Hangzhou(杭州方向), in modern-day China, a young woman becomes embroiled in controversy after a cell phone video of her being disrespectful on a public bus to an elderly person goes viral. The aftermath effects her personal and professional life and brings her face to face with the video's poster, an ambitious journalist.
Monster Hunt (2015)
, 1h57Directed by Raman Hui
Origin Chine
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Bai Baihe, Ko Chen-tung, Jing Boran, Sandra Ng, Wallace Chung, Eric Tsang
Les humains ont chassé les monstres de leurs terres. Lorsqu'un démon s'empare du trône du roi des monstres, la reine des monstres se réfugie dans le monde des humains. La reine enceinte et mourante va rencontrer le jeune Song Tianyin et la chasseuse de monstre Huo Xiaolan.
Monster Hunt 2 (2018)
, 1h50Directed by Raman Hui
Origin Chine
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng
Dans un passé lointain, les hommes et les monstres vivaient dans la paix et en harmonie jusqu’ au jour où les hommes chassèrent les monstres de leurs terres. Le jeune maire d’un village, enceint du bébé de la reine des monstres rencontre une apprentie chasseuse de monstres. Le couple va alors devoir protéger le bébé recherché tant par les hommes que par les monstres.