Li and the Poet (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

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

Beauty and ugliness

This is not the romantic Venice. A bar where the patrons run up tabs because they don't have cash. The wet and grey docks. The relationship between the young Shun Li, an immigrant from China, and the old Yugoslav fisherman, is not one that many people can accept, not even the friends of the fisherman, and the much younger Chinese woman, working like a slave to bring her son from China to Italy. Two people who are very alone find each other and it's beautiful. How can it end well? But like the gritty beauty of the side of Venice the tourists don't see, there's a beauty to the love that cannot be. The beauty of the relationship is that when two people find that they can understand each other, the relationship is a rainbow that shatters the grey sky of their dull and friendless lives. They cling to each other. They become everything to each other. Even though they both know it is impossible.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [en]

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian Mandarin

Release Date:

23 September 2011 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Li and the Poet

Filming Locations:

Chioggia, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$890,487

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