Cast: Bin Li

Direction Zhang Yimou

Cast Zhang Ziyi · Sun Honglei · Hao Zheng · Yuelin Zhao

Synopsis The Road Home (1999) is a poignant love story set in rural China. When his father dies, a man returns to his village to arrange the funeral. His elderly mother insists on carrying out a traditional burial, despite modern challenges....

Direction John Curran

Cast Edward Norton · Naomi Watts · Liev Schreiber · Toby Jones

Synopsis The Painted Veil (2006) follows Kitty, a young Englishwoman, who marries Walter, a bacteriologist, to escape her family's expectations. Their union is loveless, and Kitty embarks on an affair. When Walter discovers her infidelity, he volunteers to combat a cholera...

Direction Chen Kaige

Cast Leon Lai · Zhang Ziyi · Sun Honglei · Chen Hong

Synopsis A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star. Bertolt Brecht was one of his admirers, as was Charlie Chaplin and Sergei Eisenstein, who even filmed him. Chinese actor and singer Mei Lanfang (1894 –1961) was one of Peking opera’s...

Direction Zhang Yang

Cast Huanshan Xu · Wu Tianming · Bin Li · Bingyan Yan

Synopsis A moving road movie about two retired bus drivers, old Zhou and old Ge, who find themselves in the same retirement home and decide to escape for one final escapade with a gang of other senior citizens.

Direction Zhang Bingjian

Cast Ban Zan · Bin Li · Lai Jiatong · Zhang Hewen

Direction Ann Hu

Cast Jared Harris · Xia Yu · Yufei Xing · Liu Peiqi

Synopsis Beijing, 1902:Liu Jinglun, an young portrait photographer, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his father's...