Kuqi de Nuren

The Weeper

Peking. Wang Guiwiang, with the little girl Niuniu in her arms, is caught for selling on the black market. When Wang gets home, the girl’s parents are gone, deliberately abandoning their daughter. Changgeng, Wang’s husband, a heavy gambler, is jailed for hurting a gambler partner, to whom he owes money. Wang Guixiang returns to her village and has to start a new life, in order to pay the debts and free her husband.

In the village, her former lover helps her and proposes a new job. Since she had been a opera singer, she can become an excellent professional weeper. It does not take long for Wang Guixiang to become known, thanks to her tragic tone and her romanticism.

Liu BINGJIAN was born on October 16, 1963 in Anhui, China. After graduating from the Peking Film Academy, he worked in TV. His first feature film "Yanchuang" ("Inkstone") is the first Chinase motion picture to be bought by an American company since the creation of the Popular Republic of China. However, due to a veto from the Chinase authorities, the film can not be presented in any film show. He produced a second film " Nan Nan Nu Nu " ("Men and Women ") independently. The film casts a humorous look on homosexuality in the Chinase society and, for this reason, is again banned by the Chinase authorities.

Production :

BINGJIAN STUDIO
Liu Bingjian
Sidaokou # 37, Haidian
Beijing 100081 (China)
Telephone / Fax : + 86 10 62 24 52 32
E-mail : liubingjian@hotmail.com

ASPARAS FILM TV Productions
Ye Deng
2091 E 47th Avenue
Vancouver BC V5P 1R12 (Canada)
Telephone / Fax : 1 604 299 96 85
E-mail: asparasfilm@yahoo.com

MELANGE
Michel Reilhac
E-mail : m-reilhac@artefrance.fr

FLYING TIGER PICTURES
Ellen Kim
Boksagol Cultural Center - 3rd Floor
349-2 Sang-Dong
Wonmi-Gu
Puchon Kyonggi-Do 420031 (Korea)
Telephone : + 82 32 322 92 25
Fax : +82 32 345 63 15
E-mail : ellenkim_1999@yahoo.com

With the participation of :
FONDS SUD CINEMA (Ministère des Affaires étrangères - Direction de l’audiovisuel extérieur et de la communication) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Department of the External Audiovisual and Communication Techniques) and Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Centre National de la Cinématographie (Ministry of Culture and Communication) (France); Fondation MonteCinemaVerita (Switzerland).

Distribution :

Pending...

International Sales :

MIROVISION
1-151 Shinmunro 2 Ga, Jongro Gu
110-062, Séoul, Korea
Telephone : +82 2 737 1185
Fax : + 82 2 737 1184
E-mail : chris@mirovision.com

Rights holders :
AsparasFilms

Festivals :
Official Selection "A Certain Look", Cannes Festival, 2002
Official Selection, 3 Continents Festival, Nantes, 2002
Official Selection, International Film Festival of Toronto
Official Selection, 9th International Asian Film Festival of Vesoul.

Internet site of the motion picture :
www.mirovision.com