Most similar movies to shun li and the poet the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Io sono li relates the romantic and difficult friendship between a chinese immigrant and an old fisherman, on an island of the venetian lagoon facing economic changes. Shun li and the poet had you reaching for a dictionary of superlatives to describe this profound, understated film of the season, so far which was beautifully acted and very moving. Shun li and the poet crosses the atlantic lux prize. Io sono li shun li and the poet 20 rotten tomatoes. Bepis nickname is poet, and shun li tells him of chinas greatest poet, qu yuan, whose birthday is observed every year by floating candles on water. After working in a textile factory in the suburbs of rome, shun li moves to the small. Io sono li is a 2011 italian drama film directed by andrea segre.
Shun li and the poet io sono li by andrea segre artekino festival. Io sono li shun li and the poet the fundy film society. Io sono li shun li and the poet is one of the films of the official selection of the lux film prize 2012. A tender, delicate friendship grows between shun li and bepi. A study of the friendship between a chinese woman and a fisherman who came to italy from yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small cityisland in the veneto lagoon.
Rent shun li and the poet 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd. Italian english subtitles a visually stunning story about two strangers who meet in a fishing village on the outskirts of venice. The chinese poets day of birth is celebrated each year by way of taking candles. Shun li and the poet english subtitled shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Shun li and the poet 2011 full movie download full hd. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship, a bond that had once transcended two very different, yet not at all distant cultures. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband, director jia zhangke, including platform 2000 and still life 2006. The story focuses on shun li tao zhao, who worked in a textile factory at the film s beginning strides, but who moves from china to italy with the help of.
Shun li is a single mother working to pay off chinese gangsters who helped her emigrate to italy and are holding her young boy in china asshun li and the poetmore. Sat, feb 1 the girl in the fog sat, march 7 investigation of a citizen above suspicion coming soon click on the movie title for more info sat, april 11 the good thief sat, may 2 my italian secret. Watch shun li and the poet english subtitled prime video. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. The th annual san diego asian film festival 2012 november 19 shun li and the poet many recent european films have chronicled the social and personal consequences of the recent wave of. Tao zhao in io sono li 2011 io sono li 2011 marco paolini and rade serbedzija in io sono li 2011. Shun li shares with bepi stories of qu yuan, chinas most celebrated poet, and the two. The film has a shiveringly lovely melancholic spirit that clings to your skin like wet jeans. Il sono li shun li and the poet is one of those rare gems of a movie that in a very gentle, quiet, simple fashion tells a story that in some way connects us all. Watch shun li and the poet full movie in hd visit a study of the friendship between a chinese woman and a fisherman w. With tao zhao, rade serbedzija, marco paolini, roberto citran. There are currently seven videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Watch shun li and the poet full movie in hd visit movie 75562 a study of the friendship between a chinese woman and a fisherman w.
Io sono li aka shun li and the poet or li and the poet earned zhao tao best actress. In the lagoon of venice, remote from the citys famous charms, is an island fishing village named chioggia. Written and directed by andrea segre it gives notice of a major new light in cinema and we can only hope the success of this film will encourage him to create more in this genre. Bepi is from the former yugoslavia, and even after 30 years in venice hes still something of an outsider. The film s small flower of mutual understanding is destroyed as quickly as it had budded, leaving only remembered moments of special understanding. She is transferred to work at a pub, where she meets bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Shun li and the poet is a detailed examination of an encounter between different cultures and portrays normally hidden realities shun li zhao tao, winner of the 2011 david di donatello for best actress, a chinese immigrant in her thirties who has worked in a textile. Video archive for the film shun li and the poet io sono li, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2011. The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Io sono li shun li and the poet andrea segre directed his first fulllength drama after a career in documentary filmmaking. Shun li and the poet is a pensive and slowburning production that will have you pondering over it for days. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Rent shun li and the poet 2011 starring tao zhao and rade serbedzija on dvd and bluray. She works in china and occasionally europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999.
Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or. Media in category io sono li the following 28 files are in this category, out of. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about friendship, society, friends, misfit, hopes, immigrants and life is a bitch mostly in drama genres. It also took out the 2014 whitehead award at the th annual international film festival. Zhao tao, best known as the chinese star of movies by jia zhangke, plays shun li, a reserved and unhappy young woman who has been. Italian documentary filmmaker andrea segres first fiction feature is about the story of a special and disapproved of friendship between bepi, an old fisherman of slavic origin whom people called the poet croat actor rade sherbedgia, and shun li, young and meek chinese bar. More praise came for the amazing acting with the photography creating a melancholic mood. She then moves to chioggia, a small cityisland in the venetian lagoon, to work as a waitress in a pub. Shun li and bepi do not feel passion in the ordinary sense.
Cast zhao tao shun li born in the province of shanxi in china, an internationally renowned actress, with a degree in chinese folk dance from the dance academy in beijing, she has had the leading parts in the last five films by the director jia zhangke, including still life, winner of the golden lion at the 63rd venice international film festival. Shun li and the poet io sono li 2011 traileraddict. Shun li, in effect, informs bepi of qu yuan who is the greatest of chinese poets. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship. Zhao tao born 28 january 1977 is a chinese actress. Chinese illegal immigrant shun li works in a textile factory in the suburbs of rome in order to secure her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. Two outsiders become unlikely friends in this drama from filmmaker andrea segre. In 2010, he directed his first fulllength fiction film, shun li and the poet, presented at numerous international festivals and winner of many awards, including. The friendship of the chinese woman and croatian man is also a challenge to the societal structure around them. Winner of the lux prize and official selection at the venice film festival, shun li and the poet io sono li is directed by andrea segre out on 21 june in cinemas. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy. Thomas calls shun li and the poet a quiet film, and says it offers a unique perspective of venice from outside the main city. She is suddenly transferred to work as a bartender at a pub in a small town along the venetian lagoon.
The friendship between shun li and bepi upsets both the chinese and local communities, who interfere. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Suddenly transferred to work in a small town along the venetian lagoon, she meets a local fisherman, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Review from my vod column this week on demanda terrific example of the things that can be achieved when an unremarkable story is infused with rich performances and unwavering emotional warmth, andrea segres shun li and the poet is a film contagiously fond of its titular characters. They have found kindred souls and are linked by their regard for poetry. With shun li and the poet 2011, she became the first asian actress to win a prize. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Chinese communities, states within states and other exceptional papers on every subject and topic college can throw at. Shun li and the poet is a surefire heartwinner, and marks sigre as a name to look out for. Andrea segre shun li and the poet, first snowfall will premiere, in a special screening, the order of things, about a young policeman tasked with controlling the. Shun li and the poet streaming complet cb01streaming ita. Venice film festival adds john woos manhunt to lineup.
Zhao tao won the 2012 david di donatello for best actress for her performance as shun li. It is more like their souls are bond together in some remarkable fashion. Shun li shares with bepi stories of qu yuan, chinas most celebrated poet, and the two strike up a. Watch shun li and the poet 2012 full movie free online. Bepi, a slavic fisherman, nicknamed the poet by his friends, has been a regular at that little pub for years.
Shun li works in a textile factory in the outskirts of rome, in order to get her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. There is much to savour in this poignant film about an unhappy young woman transported to italy by her chinese gangmasters. It also took out the 2014 whitehead award at the th annual international film. Bepi and shun li strike up a friendship despite the disapproval of the local italian and chinese communities shun li and the poet, the first fulllength drama by documentary film maker andrea segre, is a restrained and sensitive depiction of an encounter. Il sono li shun li and the poet is one of those rare gems of a movie that in a very gentle, quiet, simple fashion. Unlike so many films on this subject, shun li and the poet actually believes in the inherent decency of strangers. She is suddenly transferred to chioggia, a small cityisland in the veneto lagoon, to work as a bartender in a pub.
Shun li and the poet is a more thoughtful and refreshing romantic film. The ancient poetry of qu yuan is used in the film shun li and the poet to examine a very modern phenomenon. A tender friendship grows between shun li and bepi. Bepi is a poet too, and an immigrant into the bargain.
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