Complete credited cast: | |||
Jing Ning | ... | Cai Chunzhi | |
Gang Wu | ... | Niu Bao | |
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Xiaorui Zhao | ... | Dihong |
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Yang Gao | ... | Butler |
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Zhengyun Xu | ... | Old Master Xu (as Xu Zhengyun) |
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Liang Zhao | ... | Hei Liu |
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Xingmao Ju | ... | Bao Ge |
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Yusheng Li | ... | Manservant |
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Lu Hui | ... | Old Boss Wang |
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Liyuan Wang | ... | Wang Ma |
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Bolin Zhang | ... | Businessman |
A woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day, an itinerant painter is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory. The woman, forbidden to marry and thereby involve outsiders in the factory ownership, finds herself drawn to the headstrong painter. When they fall in love, the situation throws her entire life into disarray. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
A strange love story between a rich woman and a poor man, especially for one not familiar with Chinese culture. It will give you a few laughs (a few dirty ones too), the characters will curse all throughout, but don't be distracted, it is a serious and rather depressing drama. The settings include falling apart houses and going on boats across a dirty river, and most characters' clothes look like they took them from homeless people, which all adds to the mood. Don't expect any beautiful shots like in "Hero", or any martial arts. All thought-out heroes behaved strangely and unrealistically bringing the ending to top it off and kill whatever impression of the movie I had. For instance, twenty armed men getting scared of a few kids throwing firecrackers is very unconvincing. But go ahead, if you like this sort of depressing love stories, you'll have a blast.