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10 movies I watched in Chinese class
This post is the unofficial sequel to 10 iconic Mandopop songs from Chinese class. No one asked for it, but I watched to chronicle what I could remember before more fades from my memory! I saw these movies in Chinese class in high school and college, and I had to do some sleuthing to find some names.
The synopses are from IMDb, revised by me. I put links to watch for free on YouTube when I was able to find one, but they might not work in your country.
1. 《和你在一起》 Together (2002) A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.
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2. 《谁的青春不迷茫》 Yesterday Once More (2016) Lin Tianjiao, the top student in her class, is struggling to cope under intense academic pressure. After she is nearly caught cheating on a test, she befriends Gao Xiang, a free-spirited slacker.
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3. 《活着》 To Live (1994) Based on the novel by Yu Hua, four generations of the once-wealthy Xu family experience the difficult changes of the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
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4. 《喜宴》 The Wedding Banquet (1993) To satisfy his parents, Gao Wai-Tung, a gay man in a fulfilling relationship with his partner Simon, marries his female tenant Wei-Wei. Things get out of hand when his parents come to visit.
5. 《饮食男女》 Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) A widowed chef lives with his three grown daughters, who each experience ups and downs in their lives and romantic relationships as they leave the family home.
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6. 《哑孩儿》 Dumb Child* (2016) After graduating from college, Fang Yan takes a job as a teacher in a rural area of China. There she meets a young girl named Yaya who doesn't attend school due to her hearing impairment.
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*Dumb as in mute. It's not a great English name...
7. 《重返20岁》 20 Once Again/Miss Granny (2015) A 70-year old woman living unhappily with her son's family is magically transformed into her 20-year-old self. She befriends her grandson and decides to fulfill the dreams of her youth.
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8. 《北京爱情故事》 Beijing Love Story (2014) Different generations look at love, romance, and commitment, all from a uniquely Beijing perspective. All 5 couples and stories are intertwined a la Love Actually.
9. 《蓝风筝》 The Blue Kite (1993) The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
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10. 《青春派》 Young Style (2013) Struggling with romantic woes after his plan to confess to his crush goes awry, Ju Ran fails the college entrance exam (gaokao) and is forced to repeat his last year of high school.
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#my watchlist#chinese movies#taiwanese movies#chinese film#taiwanese film#chinese#mandarin#mandarin chinese#chinese language#studyblr#langblr#learning languages#language learning#chinese langblr#mandarin langblr#languageblr
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Wong Kar-Wai's In the mood for love deleted scene.
#in the mood for love#wong kar wai#faye wong#fallen angels#ashes of time#2046#chungking express#tony leung#takeshi kaneshiro#maggie cheung#as tears go by#days of being wild#my blueberry nights#irma vep#criterion collection#criterion channel#janus films#chinese fashion#chinese film#cinephile#80's movies#hotel california#california dreaming#cult movies#favorite movies#movies#best movies#films#cinematography#romance
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leslie cheung as cheng dieyi in farewell, my concubine (1992) dir. chen kaige
#霸王別姬#farewell my concubine#chen kaige#leslie cheung#zhang fengyi#film aesthetic#film stills#film#chinese cinema#east asian cinema#chinese film#historical drama#90s movies#90s style#chinese history#chinese actor
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Hero / 英雄 (2002)
Legendary Chinese filmmaking visionary Zhang Yimou teams up with legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle to create a timeless wuxia epic that switches eras and perspectives through scenescapes defined by different primary colors.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen, and Chen Daoming
#hero#英雄#Yīngxióng#2002#zhang yimou#christopher doyle#emi wada#jet li#tony leung#maggie cheung#zhang ziyi#donnie yen#chinese film#chinese cinema#wuxia#martial arts film#chinese martial arts#martial arts#hong kong cinema#hong kong film#hong kong action#period piece#period film#warring states era#costume design#production design#cinematography
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自梳 | INTIMATES (1997) dir. Jacob Cheung Two stories, one in the present and one in the past. In the present, Theresa Lee is a single architect with a struggling relationship to boyfriend Winston Chao. Meanwhile, she has to escort her Aunt Foon to Guangzhou to meet an old friend. From there unfolds the past story of young Foon, who walks a road enforced chastity after refusing an arranged marriage. Foon ends up working for rich merchant Chan and befriending his ninth wife, Wan, a former prostitute who married him to leave her past behind. After Wan's husband barters her in a business agreement, she leaves him, finding that only Foon is loyal to her. The two women find solace in their friendship, and slowly their feelings grow stronger and deeper. (requested by @tendergazing, link in title)
#lgbt#lgbt cinema#lesbian cinema#bisexual cinema#requests#self harm tw#ji sor#ji sor 1997#intimates#intimates 1997#hong kong#china#chinese cinema#hong kong cinema#carina lau#charlie young#gua ah-leh#lesbian movies#lesbian#bisexual#queer cinema#queer movie#queer film#east asian cinema#lesbian films#chinese film#chinese movie#hong kong movies#hong kong films#1997
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Yesterday Once More 倒数说爱你, 2023.
#yesterday once more#zhou ye#chen feiyu#cdramasource#asiandramasource#dailyasiandramas#cdramaedit#filmtvtoday#filmgifs#lextag#tusermona#userjap#userkimchi#udeokmis#useryd#samblr#todramaism#*_mine_*#chinese movies#cfilm#cmovie#chinese film
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Fallen Angels, (1995)
#me and who#could be us#a e s t h e t i c#intimate#desire#couple aesthetic#intimacy#movie scenes#good movie#movie stills#movie aesthetic#90s movies#90s nostalgia#90s aesthetic#chinese film#cinephile#cinematography#cinema#films#90s cinema#green moodboard#green aesthetic#cute couple#couple#relationship goals#lovers#long drive#film stills#movies
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fallen angels (1995)
#girlblogging#just girly things#girly aesthetic#girly blog#coquette#coquette aesthetic#film screencaps#film screenshots#film stills#film scenes#cinephile#letterboxd#wong kar wai#fallen angels#fallen angels 1995#1995#90s movies#90s films#90s style#90s#90s aesthetic#90s fashion#1990s#1990s movies#grunge#grunge aesthetic#chinese film#cinematography#aesthetic films#aesthetic cinema
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zhang ziyi in "house of flying daggers" (2oo4), dir. zhang yimou .
#house of flying daggers#zhang ziyi#y2k#film#chinese film#zhang yimou#cameo edit#black and white#costume#queue
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PK.COM.CN (2008)
dir. Xiao Jiang
#chen bolin#jaycee chan#chinese cinema#asian cinema#films#film stills#film caps#film screencaps#female director#directed by women#chinese film#chinese movie#film aesthetic#cinematography#cinephile#letterboxd#film#movie#2000s#caps
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#fallen angels#wong kar wai#chinese film#filmgifs#moviegifs#filmedit#u#gif post#von-vom#vfav#film vom
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Maggie Cheung on the set of Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000).
#maggie cheung#wong kar wai#fallen angels#chungking express#2046#tony leung#takeshi kaneshiro#faye wong#ashes of time#days of being wild#as tears go by#my blueberry nights#movies#irma vep#criterion channel#janus films#chinese film#hong kong#cinematography#romance drama#films#french cinema#cinema#cinephile#80s movies#california dreaming#hotel california#best movie#love#movies aesthetic
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the aesthetic of: millenium mambo (2001) dir. hou hsiao-hsien
#millenium mambo#hou hsiao-hsien#shu qi#tuan chun-hao#jack kao#film aesthetic#film stills#film#2000s films#early 2000s#2000s aesthetic#2000s#chinese cinema#east asian cinema#chinese film
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Farewell My Concubine / 霸王別姬 (1993)
Chen Kaige’s achingly beautiful (and tragic) tale of unrequited love and artistic sacrifice — set against the backdrop of China’s 20th century sociopolitical upheaval — features a once-in-a-generation performance by Leslie Cheung, a queer icon on and off screen.
Director: Chen Kaige
Cinematographer: Gu Changwei
Production Designers: Yuhe Yang and Zhanjia Yang
Costume Designer: Changmin Chen
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, and Zhang Fengyi
#farewell my concubine#1993#leslie cheung#gong li#chen kaige#zhang fengyi#hong kong cinema#queer film#chinese cinema#90s films#international cinema#criterion channel#palme d'or#restoration#period piece#costume drama#90s icons#90s movies#90s cinema#chinese film#hong kong movies#hong kong films#chinese movies#lgbtq film#lgbtq cinema#lgbtq movies#queer cinema#queer movies#lgbtq
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無言 | SPEECHLESS (2012) dir. Simon Chung A Frenchman named Luke is found naked by the banks of a river in Wuhan. When he can't, or refuses to, speak, he's sent to a local hospital for diagnosis. Unable to determine the cause of Luke's condition, the hospital decides that he must be sent to a psychiatric hospitals, but Luke's nurse, Xiao Jiang, discovers his superiors' plan and decides to rescue the mysterious man and smuggle him out to his uncle's village, where they will have to evade capture from the local police. As Xiao Jiang slowly uncovers Luke's past, the reason for his speechlessness becomes clear. (link in title)
#lgbt cinema#gay cinema#speechless#wu yan#speechless 2012#wu yan 2012#chinese cinema#hong kong cinema#lgbt#gay#china#hong kong#lgbt movie#gay movies#chinese movie#hong kong movies#lgbt film#gay film#chinese film#hong kong film#lgbt media#gay media#queer cinema#asian cinema#east asian cinema#Simon Chung#Pierre-Matthieu Vital#Qilun Gao#2012#2010s
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behold. my world cinema final be cast upon ye
also you only get screenshots and not an actual link to the slideshow. sorry mate.
Curse of the Golden Flower Clip (youtube)
House of Flying Daggers Clip, Preceding Clip (youtube)
#made this whole theme by scratch. by far the prettiest slideshow i've ever made#but i did have to have it open in both the app AND the website bc google slides is evil#some things you can only do on the website and some things are way easier on the app#also my midterm was even more impressive than this#it was a 30 minutes video essay on princess mononoke and also had a lot of analysis on hayao miyazaki#but i didn't post that bc it has my voice in it#my final is just sort of surface-level stuff. but my midterm i went into tons and tons of detail#unityrain.txt#no image description#slideshow#zhang yimou#world cinema#chinese movie#chinese film#chinese cinema#5th generation chinese cinema
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