A Lingering Face

A Lingering Face

Infobox Chinese Film
name = A Lingering Face


image_size =
caption =
director = Lu Xuechang
producer = Han Sanping
Tong Gang
Cao Wei
Tian Yuping
writer = Lu Xuechang
Li Jixian
starring = Ma Xiaoqing
Pan Yueming
Li Min
Ge Yaming
He Xi
Cheng Lianzhong
Shi Xiaojun
Gao Xilu
music = Nathan McCree
cinematography = Wang Yu
editing = Kong Leijin
distributor = China Film Group
released = Locarno:
August 3, 2000
runtime = 94 min.
language = Mandarin
budget =
amg_id = 1:212178
imdb_id = 0257664
jianti = 非常夏日
fanti = 非常夏日
pinyin = Fēicháng xiàrì

"A Lingering Face" (zh-cpl|c=非常夏日|p=Fēicháng xiàrì|l=A curious summer day) is a 2000 Chinese film directed by Lu Xuechang. The film is Lu's second after 1997's "The Making of Steel". Compared to that earlier film, which was plagued with censorship problems, "A Lingering Face"'s production and release was relatively free of problems or obstacles. [cite web| url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117787993.html| title=A Lingering Face Review|publisher="Variety" |author=Elley, Derek| date=2000-09-05| accessdate=2008-09-20]

Plot

"A Lingering Face" follows an everyman named Lei Haiyang (Pan Yueming), who has recently broken up with his girlfriend. Deciding to go to Beijing, he hitches a ride with a driver (Ma Xiaoqing) and a fellow hitchhiker, Yanzi (Li Min). Waking up from a nap, Haiyang finds the truck parked in the woods and the driver raping Yanzi. Hiding in the undergrowth, Yanzi sees Haiyang (the titular "lingering" face, but does not reveal his hiding position. Terrified, Haiyang runs away.

In Beijing, Haiyang sees a news report of a female corpse found in the woods. Later, while walking in the streets, Haiyang chances upon a woman who looks exactly like Yanzi. She denies it, but the two embark on a friendship which blossoms into romance. Soon, Haiyang will discover what happened on that curious summer day.

See also

* "Suzhou River" and "Lunar Eclipse", two contemporary Chinese films that also deal with plots involving the double identities of women.

References

External links

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* [http://www.dianying.com/en/title/fcx2000 "A Lingering Face"] at the Chinese Film Database


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