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Saturday Fiction

Original title: Lan xin da ju yuan
  • 20192019
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
894
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POPULARITY
25,653
5,755
Gong Li in Saturday Fiction (2019)
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Yu Jin is working undercover gathering intelligence for the Allies.Yu Jin is working undercover gathering intelligence for the Allies.Yu Jin is working undercover gathering intelligence for the Allies.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
894
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
25,653
5,755
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    • Director
      • Ye Lou
    • Writer
      • Yingli Ma
    • Stars
      • Gong Li
      • Mark Chao
      • Pascal Greggory
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    • Director
      • Ye Lou
    • Writer
      • Yingli Ma
    • Stars
      • Gong Li
      • Mark Chao
      • Pascal Greggory
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    • 5User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 17 nominations

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    Trailer 0:53
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    Trailer 0:53
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    Photos21

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    Gong Li
    Gong Li
    • Yu Jin
    Mark Chao
    Mark Chao
    Pascal Greggory
    Pascal Greggory
    Xiangli Huang
    Ayumu Nakajima
    Joe Odagiri
    Joe Odagiri
    Alexandre Robillard
    • French reception manager
    Tenma Shibuya
    Tenma Shibuya
    • Lieutenant Hosoda
    Chuan-jun Wang
    Tom Wlaschiha
    Tom Wlaschiha
    • Saul Speyer
    Songwen Zhang
    Songwen Zhang
    • Director
      • Ye Lou
    • Writer
      • Yingli Ma
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    7/10
    This movie sucked me in.
    Seen at the Viennale 2019: A handheld camera cannot get closer to acting people. Always in the face it is near impossible to get a helping overview for the espionage story. Who is for the Chinese, who for the Japanese, who for the Germans, the French, the US? Nearly impossible to understand why somebody is doing something. The b/w-pictures do not help to distinguish between all the unfamiliar faces. Since digital cameras can record even without proper lighting the pictures are not b/w like in the old movies, but grey in grey - that does not help to recognize the faces in every situation either. At the end of the movie it is somehow clear who was on which side. Looking at the picture a second time to understand all the details of the story? Nay.. but the movie is rescued sensationally by a hundred percent believable acting of all the cast. Not for one second there is any weakness in dragging you in. For the regular Cineast a must-see.
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    • Nov 3, 2019

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    • Release date
      • October 15, 2021 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • English
      • Japanese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Tehlikeli Oyun
    • Production company
      • United Entertainment Partners
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,300,000
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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