Cantando dietro i paraventi (2003)

Director:

Ermanno Olmi

Writer:

Ermanno Olmi (screenplay)

Stars:

Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming Zeo Ni

7 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bud Spencer	...	Il vecchio capitano
Jun Ichikawa	...	Vedova Ching
Sally Ming Zeo Ni	...	Confidente
Camillo Grassi	...	Nostromo
Makoto Kobayashi	...	Ammiraglio Ching
Yang Li Xiang	...	Supremo ammiraglio Kwo Lang
Wen Li Guang	...	Dignitario imperiale
Chen Ruohao	...	Emissario imperiale
Davide Dragonetti	...	Cliente ignaro
Alberto Capone	...	Cliente militare
Carlene Ko	...	Mery Red
Sultan Temir Omarov	...	Ammiraglio Thin Kwei
Bellini Zheng	...	Il piccolo Guiady
Gaowta Shara Azzolini	...	Piratessa
Xuwu Chen	...	Figlio del Cielo

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

ocean | theatre | widow | china | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | Music | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Mikado [it]

Country:

Italy UK France

Language:

Italian Mandarin English

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Cantando por Detrás das Cortinas

Filming Locations:

Roma Studios, Via Pontina, Roma, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema 11 undici, Rai Cinema, Lakeshore Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features La bella corsara (1928)

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Soundtracks

"L'enfant et les sortilèges"

• "Oh! Ma tête!", "Musique d'insectes, de rainettes, etc.", "Danse des rainettes"

Written by Maurice Ravel
Interpreted by Orchestre National de la RTF
Directed by Lorin Maazel
Published by BMG Record and Deutsche Grammophon

User Reviews

Impressive

Surely it is not a masterpiece but a very very impressive work.

First of all watching a far-eastern myth from the perspective of an Italian director is really exciting. Costume and production designs are very good. On the other hand cinematography is also brilliant. The most interesting part is that cinematography is not something we used to see in far-eastern movies. That increases the originality. Italian speaking characters are not artificial since all the dialogs and themes contain universal issues. Bud Spencer's performance is really good. But the biggest thing is, of course, Olmi's narration style. There were some parallel editing samples in the movie that should have been shown in film classes.