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5.8/10   93 votes
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Director:
Bingjian Zhang
Writer:
Xiaoni Gu (writer)
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Release Date:
April 2005 (China) more
Genre:
Thriller
User Comments:
Excellent psychological thriller more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
You Ge ... Chen Xiao
Bin Li ... Mrs. Zhao
Hailu Qin ... Meizi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Suffocation (International: English title)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
China
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
China

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent psychological thriller, 4 December 2005
8/10
Author: gmwhite from Brisbane, Australia

This film is also known as 'Suffocation'.

On the cover of the DVD, 'Suffocation' is labeled 'The First Chinese Psycho Movie'. This, for me, conjured up the ideas of Halloween or Friday the 13th and other 'slasher' films. Having the benefit of hindsight, what I think is meant, is 'psychological' movie, which it certainly is, with a surrealistic blending of fact and fantasy which proves very satisfying in how it is all worked out in the end.

Lead actor Ge You plays (as he did in 'Butterfly Smile') a photographer. He is in almost all the scenes, and it is very much his movie. He is certainly talented enough to pull it off, though he is also well-supported by the rest of the cast.

I don't wish to give any plot details away, since putting it all together is part of the fun. The story itself is presented in sections, arranged non-chronologically and often with nightmarish visuals. This allows for some quite innovative camera-work, giving it an expressionistic, almost 'art-house' feel.

Overall, a recommended novelty from mainland Chinese cinema.

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