Category: Chinese Movies&TV

The ideal city 一座城池

一座城池 导演: 孙渤涵
编剧: 孙渤涵;韩寒
主演: 房祖名 王太利
类型: 喜剧
语言: 汉语普通话
上映日期: 2013-09-18(中国大陆)
故事梗概:
电影讲述从学校肄业的“我(林夕)”(房祖名饰)因为一次群架事件,和朋友“健叔”(王太利饰)从上海逃到了一个城镇。健叔是高我一年级的同学,我 们住在长江旅馆里,整日在这个城市里闲晃。后来我们认识了新朋友王超,从此,王超和他的桑塔纳就和我们混在了一起。故事将青年人的无奈、茫然、彷徨与尴尬 表现的淋漓尽致,就好像一直在寻找着一条路,然而最后发现路就在脚下。
The Ideal City
Director: Sun Bohan
script by: Sun Bohan Hanhan
Actors: Jaycee Fong, Wang Taili
Type: Comedy
Language: Standard Chinese
Release date: September 18th, 2013
Lin Xi is fed up with life in Shanghai's underbelly. A final gang fight sends him looking for better prospects elsewhere, with best friend Jianshu. After putting enough distance between themselves and Shanghai's chaos, the two wind up at the Yangtze River Hotel. The tranquility of the area is in stark contrast to the city they once called home, but then memories of Shanghai start to plague Lin Xi as he and his friends drift aimlessly around this peaceful town. Running away from Shanghai didn't solve any problems, it just presented new ones, and they look for a way out of feeling lost. 

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The Spring River Flows East 一江春水向东流

Director: Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli 1947 This epic drama begins in 1930s Shanghai: poor but honest Su Fen (Bai Yang) and Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin) meet in the factory wher they work. They marry and live with Zhang's parents in one room of a small house. Zhong Liang's brother and sister-in-law work for the revolution in the northeast. As the Japanese Army approaches Shanghai, Zhong Liang flees to Chongqing with Nationalist sympathizers-namely a Miss Wang Lizhen (Shangguan Yunzhu).
Unable to contact his family for months, Zhong Liang has no idea that his father has died and his wife has borne him a son. In fact, his new life in Chongqing keeps him so busy that he forgets about his family left behind in wartime Shanghai, and eight years pass without contact between them. While Zhong Liang works his way up the ladder of success by using Miss Wang's guanxi, Su Fen, her child and mother-in-law slip deeper and deeper into poverty.
At the end of the war, homelessness and starvation threaten Su Fen and her family. Assuming that Zhong Liang has died in the war, she goes out to find work. But with her previous experience as a factory worker, Su Fen can only find work as a maid in the home of a wealthy Shanghai family that have just returned from Chongqing. The family turn out to be relatives of Miss Wang, now Zhong Liang's spoiled and jealous wife. When Miss Wang and Zhong Liang return to Shanghai, Miss Wang's cousin throws a large party at which Sun Fen must serve the guests. Finally, she comes face to face with her long lost husband, now married into a wealthy, bourgeois family.
The last half hour of the film sees Zhong Liang struggling to pacify his spoiled wife while his impoverished family waits in the wings for him to recognize their existence. Distraught and heartbroken, Su Fen heads to the Bund with her son in tow…
A prime example of Shanghai's leftist film-making past, The Spring River Flows East stars two of the biggest female stars of that era: Bai Yang and Shangguan Yunzhu. Bai revels in the melodramatic role of Su Fen, while Shangguan's role as the spoiled playgirl challenges the likes of Alex in Fatal Attraction – but 50 years earlier.
Despite the melodrama and rather obvious bourgeoisie versus proletariat plot line, The Spring River remains nothing less than a masterpiece. The diversity of Shanghai society at that time is revealed in this film that captures the imagination for the entire playing time of 3 hours.

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Blueberry Blue 蓝莓蓝

Fritjof works for a Munich architectural firm and is sent to make measurements at a hospice for the dying. At the hospice Fritjof meets Hannes, a former school friend who is now in the final stages of pancreatic cancer. That life is a gift and that one has to embrace it wholeheartedly is something he learns from Hannes and from another patient in the hospice, Frau Fahrenholtz. She makes blueberry wine and carefully guards the secret of the very best blueberries: "You young people are just going to have to pull up your socks and find out for yourselves!" When Hannes and Frau Fahrenholtz die, Fritjof is able to shed his half-hearted approach to life. Now he finally discovers what it means to really live his own life.在慕尼黑某建筑公司工作的弗里乔夫被派去一家临终收容所做测量工作。在那里,弗里乔夫遇见了身患癌症的学生时代旧友汉尼斯。弗里乔夫从汉尼斯和收容所其他病人身上领悟到生命的馈赠。收容所的法伦豪斯夫人常常制作美味的蓝莓酒,并将最佳的蓝莓采摘地视为自己的秘密。在汉尼斯和法伦豪斯夫人去世后,弗里乔夫摆脱了从前得过且过的生活方式,终于明白了如何掌握属于自己的人生。

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Even If It’s the Night即使黑暗降临

Not seeing for a few seconds widens our eyes and not hearing for a few seconds make our ears sharper. I wish there would be death for a few seconds so that life would get back to us stronger than before. However when a leave falls, it resembles of the spring that is going to come.“短暂的失明让我们视野变得更宽广,短暂的失聪让我们的听觉变得更敏锐。我希望体验一个短暂的死亡,这样当重获新生时我们会比以前更坚强。我们应该明白,当一片叶子落下时,这也代表着春天已经不远了。”一位刚刚得知自己身患绝症的女教师,会选择如何面对接下来的生活?

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We Shall Return归来

In order to liberate Europe from fascism, so that European countries could eventually help Spain get rid of fascism too, a group of Spanish Republicans joined the Second Armoured Division leaded by General Leclerc (“La nueve”). They were the first to enter Paris and the Eagle’s Nest in Germany. This is about life and death of those anonymous heroes whose names do not go down in history.在与法西斯的斗争中,“帮欧洲就等于帮自己”。怀着这样的理念,一群西班牙共和党人加入了勒克莱尔将军率领的第二装甲师(第九军团)。他们是第一批攻入当时纳粹统治下的巴黎以及德国鹰巢的战士,从法西斯的铁蹄下解放了这些地区。该作品便讲述了这群未被历史记下名字的西班牙英雄的生与死。

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Adlon A Family Saga阿德龙大酒店

“Adlon. A Family Saga” is not only a chronicle of the times and portrayal of morals and customs set against the backdrop of Hotel Adlon; it is also a captivating and emotional drama, telling the tale of two families’ entwined fates throughout four generations. This epic three-part television event spans a historical arch, commencing with the planning of the first Hotel Adlon through to the official opening of the “second Adlon” in 1997. The biography of a fictional hotel guest, Sonja Schadt, forms the guiding thread which seamlessly links the three episodes, thus spinning a tale of almost 100 years of remarkable hotel history.阿德龙大酒店,一个家族传奇。这不仅是一部以阿德龙大酒店为背景的“编年史”,同时也是一部令人着迷感动的戏剧,讲述着两个家族四代人交错的命运——从第一代阿德龙大酒店的创建,到1997年第二代阿德龙大酒店正式开张的全过程。该剧以一个酒店住客索尼娅•沙特为线索人物串起了大酒店近百年的非凡传奇。
 

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The orphan of Zhao family赵氏孤儿

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Tu Angu, the most powerful Commandant of Jin State, controlled the politics, economy and military. He launched a coup in the palace that made Emperor Jinggong believe that Zhao Shuo was the mastermind of the coup. Jinggong fell into the trap and ordered to kill Zhao family. Cheng Ying saved the only son of Zhao family at the risk of death, and tried to get Tu’s trust. After 18 years, Tu Ye, Tu Angu's son was endowed with both civil and martial virtues and became a promised successor of Jin's political power. However, there were rumors saying that he wasn't Tu's real son. With the disclosing of the truth, the brutal violence of Tu Angu was abundantly clear. Tu Yue's real name was Zhao Wu, who actually was the real son of Zhao family. Cheng Ying, the hanger-on of Tu Angu, who was disdained by others all his life, won at last and set up an example of justice.春秋时期,晋国最强大的太尉屠岸贾,掌握着晋国的政治、经济、军事三大命脉,他制造了宫廷政变,让景公误认为赵朔是政变主谋,盛怒之下,命令屠岸贾将赵氏灭族。程婴冒死救下赵孤,并巧妙地栖身屠岸贾家。十八年后,屠岸贾的儿子屠越文武双全,是晋国政权的一颗新星。但却有谣言说他并不是屠岸贾的亲生儿子。随着最终谜底揭开,屠岸贾当年对赵氏灭族的残酷血案昭然若揭,而屠越其实叫做赵武,是真正的赵氏孤儿。隐忍一生被周围人唾弃的食客程婴,在最后一刻赢得了胜利,赢得了正义。

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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 狄仁杰之通天帝国 (2010)

 Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (狄仁杰之通天帝国 Dí Rénjié zhī tōngtiān dìguó) , is a 2010 epic mystery film that is a fictional account of Di Renjie   (狄仁杰 Dí Rénjié) , one of the most celebrated officials of the Tang Dynasty   (唐朝 Tángcháo) . A co-production between China and Hong Kong, the film was directed by Tsui Har k   (徐克 Xú Kè)  from a screenplay written by Chen Kuofu. The film is an adaptation of the book, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, authored by Lin Qianyu. The film stars Andy Lau   (刘德华Liú Déhuá) as the lead role, and features art direction and fight choreography by Sammo Hung. The film's supporting cast includes Carina Lau, Li Bingbing, Deng Chao and Tony Leung Ka-fai. Principal photography for Detective Dee began in May 2009; the film was shot at Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang, China. Detective Dee was released in China on 29 September 2010 and in Hong Kong on 30 September 2010. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.The film also made its North America debut by premiering at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. 

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Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞(2010)

Although actor-turned-director Jiang Wen's 2007 arthouse film "The Sun also Rises (太阳照常升起 tàiyáng zhàocháng shēng qǐ)" failed him with takings of only 20 million yuan, his latest offering  "Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞 ràng zǐdàn fēi) (2010)   " is expected to do well during the New Year season's box-office battle.

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14 Blades 锦衣卫(2010)

14 Blades (锦衣卫 jǐnyīwèi)  is a 2010 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Daniel Lee and starring  Donnie Yen  (甄子丹 Zhēn Zǐdān) ,  Zhao Wei (赵薇 Zhào Wēi) , Wu Chun   (吴尊 Wú Zūn) , Kate Tsui   (徐子珊 Xú Zǐshān) and Qi Yuwu   (戚玉武 Qī Yùwǔ) . The film was released on February 4 in China and February 11 in Hong Kong. It received mixed reviews with critics focusing on their praise on actor Donnie Yen and Zhao Wei. 

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