Category: Chinese Movies&TV

Overheard — Qiètīnɡ Fēnɡyún

Overheard — Qiètīng Fēngyún Overheard (Chinese: 窃听风云; pinyin: Qiètīnɡ Fēnɡyún) is a 2009 Hong Kong crime thriller film written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, and produced by Henry Fong and Derek Yee. The film stars Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu as a trio of police officers conducting surveillance on a public company. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 30 July 2009. 

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Infernal Affairs–Wú Jiàn Dào

Infernal Affairs — Wú Jiàn Dào Infernal Affairs (Chinese: 无间道, Pinyin: Wú Jiàn Dào) is a 2002 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates the triads, and a police officer secretly working for the same gang. The Chinese title means "the non-stop way", a reference to Avici, the lowest level of hell in Buddhism. The English title is a word play combining the law enforcement term "internal affairs" with the adjective infernal. Due to its commercial and critical success, Infernal Affairs was followed by a prequel, Infernal Affairs II, and a sequel, Infernal Affairs III, both released in 2003.

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Last train home — Guītú lièchē

Last train home — Guītú lièchē Last Train Home (Chinese: 归途列车; pinyin: Guītú Lièchē; literally "Homeward Train") is a 2009 documentary film directed by Lixin Fan and produced by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin of EyeSteelFilm. Last Train Home won the Best Documentary Feature at 2009 IDFA and was distributed by Zeitgeist Films in the US territory.

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A Simple Life–Táo Jiě

A Simple Life — Táo Jiě  A Simple Life (Chinese: 桃姐; Pinyin: Táo Jiě, literally means Sister Peach), is a 2011 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ann Hui and starring Andy Lau and Deanie Ip. Ip, in the titled role as Sister Peach, won the Best Actress Award in the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Originally, this film was decided to be the last work of Ann Hui. However, with the film's big success, Ann Hui changed her mind and be willing to continue her career.

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Aftershock–Tánɡshān Dà Dìzhèn

Tángshān Dàdìzhèn — Aftershock Aftershock (Chinese: 唐山大地震; pinyin: Tángshān Dàdìzhèn, literally means Tangshan Great Earthquake) is a 2010 Chinese drama film depicting the aftermath of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake directed by Feng Xiaogang. The film stars Xu Fan and Zhang Jingchu, with a supporting cast including Li Chen. It's based on a real story happened in the 1976 Thangshan earthquake.

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Love Is Not Blind

Shīliàn 33 tiān — Love Is Not Blind  Love Is Not Blind (Chinese name: 失恋33天, Shīliàn 33 tiān) is a Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Teng Huatao. The film is adapted from a novel online written by Bao Jingjing which has been popular among cyber friends since its appearance. Considering the popularity, Teng changed the novel to a movie, which was said to be prepared specially for Nov.11–the Singles' Day in China. It was reported that the movie had made a profit amounting to 200,000,000 yuan only one week after its theatrical release. Now Teng is considering adapting the novel into a TV play.

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Echoes of the Rainbow–Suìyuè Shéntōu

Suìyuè Shéntōu — Echoes of the Rainbow Echoes of the Rainbow (Chinese name: 岁月神偷; pinyin: Suìyuè Shéntōu; literally "Time, the Thief") is a 2010 Hong Kong drama film directed by Alex Law and starring Simon Yam and Sandra Ng. It tells the story of a working family in Hong Kong whose eldest son, a popular boy and star athlete, becomes ill with leukemia.

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Movie: A simple life

A simple life sees an elderly woman, after some 60 years as a servant, become ill and move to a retirement home. There, despite the collection of interesting characters, her world appears to shrink and collapse and she lives for the moments when Roger comes to visit. Through these visits he in turn understands that the woman has come to mean rather more to him than simply servant.

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Metro Vocal Group- a Cappella for Chinese songs

Metro is an international vocal group, originally hailing from the United States who have been performing all over the world for the past 13 years. Eric, Kevin, Sean and Michael are supremely talented individuals who present high-energy, unadulterated music comprising of their unique arrangements of the world’s most popular tunes. Their music embraces pop, doo-wop, classic rock, barbershop, R&B, Broadway and jazz.

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