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Xi meng ren sheng (1993)
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8 December 1993 (France) morePlot:
In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joines a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently... more | add synopsisAwards:
7 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Hsimeng Rensheng is one of the most courageous films made in the last thirty years moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Tianlu Li | ... | Himself |
| Giong Lim | ... | Li Tianlu (young) (as Chung Lin) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ming Hwa Bai | ... | Ong Hsiu (grandmother) |
| Fue Choung Cheng | ... | Li Tien Lu adolescent |
| Chingju Huang | ||
| Tunghsiu Kao | ||
| Hei Li | ||
| Hung Liou | ... | Li Hei (grandfather) |
| Wenbing Li | ||
| Wenchang Li | ||
| I. Toshiro | ||
| Chen-Nan Tsai | ... | Komeng Dang (father) |
| Jen-Nan Tsai | ||
| Yi-Hua Tsai | ||
| Juwei Tzuo | ||
| Lai-Yin Yang | ... | Lai Hwat (stepmother) |
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Also Known As:
In the Hands of a Puppet Master (International: English title)Si meng ren sheng (Taiwan)
The Puppetmaster
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142 min | Argentina:142 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)Country:
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UK:15Filming Locations:
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Hsimeng Rensheng is one of the most corageous films made in the last thirty years. This film is more or less the realisation of the "plansequences", french filmcritic Andre Bazin wrote about it. Hou is the master of long sequences which are closer to Bazins idea than Mizoguchi, Welles or Antonioni. But that is only one aspect of this masterpiece which is also a touching biography of the famous puppeteer Li Tien Lu.