Lü cha (2003)

Director:

Yuan Zhang

Writers:

Danian Tang (writer)
Yuan Zhang (writer)

Release Date:

18 August 2003 (China)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A cup of green tea will show you the way to find your true love.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Tea | Mental Illness | Bar | Love | Blind Date

Cast

Wen Jiang	...	Chen Mingliang
Wei Zhao	...	Wu Fang / Langlang
Lijun Fang	...	Fang
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Haizhen Wang	...	Fang's girlfriend
Yuan Zhang	...	Zhang

Also Known As:

Green Tea (International: English title)
Luk caa (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Japan:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

Asian Union Film Ltd.

Avant Gaurde Film

Though this film lacks a conventional plot, if you analyze the film

you will see a developing theme. Like other 6th generation Chinese films, the film puts an emphasis on urban china. One character, Wu Fang, always orders green tea whenever she dates. At each date she never tells stories of her own life, but only of her friend and her friend's puzzling family life. This shows her desire to keep her identity a secret, but the viewer must believe that these could be stories about her own dysfunctional family. The other character, Lang Lang has the same face as Wu Fang, but a strikingly different personality. Lang is never conservative, and only appears at night. When we see Fang, we always see her during the day. The man is puzzled and intrigued by both women, one a night-life girl and the graduate student. His pursuit of both women portray's man's classic fight to encompass both a party girl and a smart, intelligent woman. Though the movie ends suddenly, viewers will find that it has a shocking revelation at the end, one that keeps you talking after the film ends.