Io sono Li (2011)

A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.

Director:

Andrea Segre

Writers:

Andrea Segre (story), Andrea Segre (screenplay)

Stars:

Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija, Marco Paolini

19 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tao Zhao	...	Shun Li (as Zhao Tao)
Rade Serbedzija	...	Bepi, il poeta (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Marco Paolini	...	Coppe
Roberto Citran	...	Avvocato
Giuseppe Battiston	...	Devis
Giordano Bacci	...	Baffo
Spartaco Mainardi	...	Maicol
Zhong Cheng	...	Zang
Wang Yuan	...	Lian
Amleto Voltolina	...	Bode
Andrea Pennacchi	...	Sandro
Guo Qiang Xu	...	Boss (as Xu Guo Qiang)
Sara Perini	...	Sara, moglie di Devis
Federico Hu	...	Xiao Ming, figlio di Shun Li
Hi Zhijian	...	Majong Player

Storyline

A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.

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Plot Keywords:

italy | friendship | lagoon | fisherman | chinese woman | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [en]

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian Mandarin

Release Date:

23 September 2011 (Italy)

Also Known As:

A lány és a költő

Filming Locations:

Chioggia, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jolefilm, Aeternam Films, Rai Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Spanish dubbing mix)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Shun Li: Can a square be made a circle? Can different roads come together? Acute is the remorse for the lost way in the faltering steps of my return. Reluctant, my cart turns back. Muddled among the errors was the way.

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Connections

Featured in Pauline détective (2012)

User Reviews

pro multi cultural rubbish

Although the film is set in Venice, don't expect beauty. It's all rather grim, unrealistically so. But ugly is the modus operandi for any director that wants to be taken "seriously," so there you go. This is the typical rubbish being made to affirm the sacred beliefs of a particular bleeding heart audience, who need to be convinced over and over again, that immigration (from 3rd world countries into Europe) is something that must simply be accepted, and that nationalism is bad. Most immigrants here are shown as saintly sensitive innocents, whilst the local working class population are portrayed as a nasty racist violent bunch of peasants.

Is a film like this really necessary, when boatloads of savage Africans, rape, murder and pillage their way through Italy under the guise of being "poor refugees?" I think not.

This is pathetic pantomime of the most basic kind, presented as profound drama for pseudo-intellectual libtards.