Yi ge mo sheng nu ren de lai xin (2004)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jinglei Xu

Writers:

Jinglei Xu (writer)
Stefan Zweig (novel)

Release Date:

11 February 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death...

Plot Keywords:

New Neighbor | Foreign Language Adaptation | Illegitimate Son | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jue Huang	...	The Officer / Captain Huang
Wen Jiang	...	Writer / Mr. Xu
Huang Jiao	...	Officer Huang
Yuan Lin	...	Girl
Enran Ma	...	Stepfather
Feihu Sun	...	Steward
Xiaoming Su	...	Mother
Zihao Su	...	Son
Jinglei Xu	...	Woman / Miss Jiang
Baomo Zhang	...	Landlady

Runtime:

Turkey:89 min | Spain:90 min

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Spain:18

Company:

Asian Union Film & Entertainment

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When the man brings the woman to his home in the "Six years later" segment (which takes place in the late 1930s), the woman brushes her hand against the spine of the second volume of the World Book Dictionary as she admires his books. The first edition of the dictionary was published in 1963.

Movie Connections:

References Woman of the Year (1942)

Nice story with beautiful visuals

This movie is the adaptation of Stefan Zweig's story "Letter from an unknown woman" to China settling in a time period before the cultural revolution (1930-1948).

The director (Xu Jinglei) who is also the main actress of the movie has created a very nice visual atmosphere to reflect a heartbreaking one-sided love story. The performances of the players and the music of the movie are successful. Although the tempo of the movie becomes unnecessarily slow at certain parts, the overall result is quite satisfactory.

If you are interested in Asian culture and the living style, you will find an additional taste in this movie.