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Post by lovevicki on Sept 29, 2005 6:58:23 GMT 7
[glow=red,2,300]A Time to Love(Qing Ren Jie|ÇéÈ˽á)[/glow] Director:Huo Jianqi(»ô½¨Æð) Screenplay:Si Wu(˼Îß),Zhang Renjie(ÕÅÈ˽Ý) Cinematography:Sun Ming(ËïÃ÷) Executive Producer:Han Sanping(º«Èýƽ) Producer:He Ping(ºÎƽ) Cast:Zhao Wei(ÕÔÞ±),Lu Yi(½Òã),Song Xiaoying(ËÎÏþÓ¢),Zhang Qian(ÕÅÇ«) Summery: A love story that should not have happened. But the Great Cultural Revolution fathered it. As memorable as Romeo and Juliet, their love tied with the same intrusion from their families ¡§C the hatred. Until one day, they watched Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It inspires them. It gives their juiceless love story the hope for fruit. It brings them the determination to bridge through time setting aside the hatred. The same gives them a wait of 12 years. 12 years of changing time, changing era. Friends come and go. Songs sang become old. How much longer for their love can they hold? How much longer for their love with beautiful memory and unforgettable days can they hold?
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Post by lovevicki on Sept 29, 2005 6:59:15 GMT 7
Release Dates: 2005 China mainland
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Post by lovevicki on Sept 29, 2005 7:03:58 GMT 7
Awards & Nominations: Nominated 2005 Beijing Student Film Festival People's Choice(Film) Nominated 2005 Beijing Student Film Festival People's Choice(Actress) Nominated 2005 Beijing Student Film Festival People's Choice(Actor) Nominated 2005 Shanghai International Film Festival Best Film Won 2005 Shanghai International Film Festival Best Actress Nominated 2005 China Movie Awards Best Film Won 2005 China Movie Awards Best Actress Nominated 2005 Golden Rooster Awards Best Supportting Actress Nominated 2005 Golden Rooster Awards Best Cinematography
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Post by lovevicki on Sept 29, 2005 7:26:05 GMT 7
Shanghai Fest Posted: Tue., Jul. 26, 2005, 5:35pm PT A Time to Love Qing jie (China) A Beijing Film Studio, Starlight Intl. Media Co. production. (International sales: Starlight, Beijing.) Produced by Yang Buting, Wang Sanping. Executive producer, Han Sanping. Co-executive producers, He Ping, Jiang Tao. Directed by Huo Jianqi. Screenplay, Si Wu, Zhang Renjie, inspired by the short story "Love, Hate, Affection, Enmity" by An Dun. With: Zhao Wei, Lu Yi, Song Xiaoying, Zhang Qian, Cui Minjia, Xing Jiadong, Yi Ren, Liu Mu. By DEREK ELLEY The ability of mainland Chinese actress (Vicki) Zhao Wei to transform even average material into something of interest illumines "A Time to Love." Succulently lensed yarn about two childhood friends who finally get together well into adulthood is fairly standard Asian romantic fare -- given luster (and an emotional wallop in the final scene) purely by Zhao's gamine personality. Tailored for, and released around, Valentine's Day in China -- now an established marketing hook -- pic will be savored best at Asiaphile events. Zhao copped best actress award at the recent Shanghai fest. Starting in the '70s and spread over some 20 years, tale focuses on apartment block neighbors Qu Ran (Zhao) and Hou Jia (Lu Yi) who are crazy about each other but never even kiss. Hou's grumpy, wheelchair-bound mom (Song Xiaoying) outlaws the relationship because Qu's father (Zhang Qian) played some unspecified role in his dad's suicide, and only years later do the lovers scale family obstacles. Helmer Hou Jianqi ("Postman in the Mountains") makes atmospheric use of the squeaky old apartment block, but the script is thin and Lu makes an uninspiring partner for Zhao. Camera (color), Sun Ming; editor, Zhai Ru; music, Wang Xiaofeng; art director, Cui Ren; costume designer, Wang Suzhi. Reviewed on videodisc, London, June 27, 2005. (In Shanghai Film Festival -- competing.) Mandarin dialogue. Running time: 112 MIN. www.variety.com/review/VE1117927766?categoryid=31&cs=1&s=h&p=0
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Post by lovevicki on Sept 29, 2005 7:27:23 GMT 7
Heroic CinemaTime For Love, A DVD Info Year: 2005 Director: Huo Jianqui Cast: Vicki Zhao Wei, Lu Yi Running time: 115 min Language: Mandarin with English subtitles Synopsis: Hou Jia and Qu Ran have always wanted to be together. However, deep hatred between their families prevents them from openly sharing their love. Reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, Hou Jia and Qu Ran believe that time and love can only resolve their tragic situation. So after 7 years of separation, can their love for each other really prevail? Review: A Time to Love is homage to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. However, unlike many of the sorry filmic adaptations of this play, A Time to Love is one of the more touching versions, carrying with it a pure subtlety and innocence that one would only expect from a director who has graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. A Time to Love tells the story of the tragic relationship between Hou Jia, (played by Lu Yi) and Qu Ran (played by Vicki Zhao Wei). The film is structured in a stock standard way: childhood friends grow up to become lovers and then must tragically part. However, director Huo Jianqui adds life to this simple and clichéd plot with an amazing sense for imagery and narrative construction. What makes this film thoroughly infectious is the sense of intimacy felt towards the characters. It is evoked by placing the narrative in a microcosm, simply encompassing only the two lovers and their families. There are no wider issues there to complicate the story ?no economical hardships and no wider societal problems ?just love and family. It allows the viewer to easily focus on the subtleties of Hou Jia and Qu Ran’s relationship, making them appear much more intimate and ultimately more involving for the audience. This narrative intimacy is also reinforced through the film’s formal elements. No doubt the most provoking formal element is Huo’s amazing imagery. Huo’s camera skilfully offers a variety of camera angles and compositions that make almost every image in the film easily frame-able. Similar to Christopher Doyle’s cinematography style, Hou’s colours are rich, his textures are emphasized and his mise-en-scene is intelligently used to provide frames. Along with a keen sense of camera movement, and an understanding of character staging, Hou reinforces the film’s sense of intimacy and romance. One shot that particularly stands out is of Hou Jia’s and Qu Ran’s shadows displayed against a white sheet as they hang their laundry. The shadows come together as if approaching to kiss, however, as the camera slightly pans we see that the two characters are only playing shadow puppets. This shot, like many others in the film, gently evokes a sense of intimacy while leaving the narrative at a comfortably playful distance. Chinese pop idols Vicki Zhao Wei and Lu Yi give exceptional performances, at times carrying the film during slower plot moments. Their emotions seem genuine and their dynamics as an onscreen couple are stunning. Vicki Zhao has a rare ability to emote the most succinct of feelings without making them too overtly dramatic, which again reinforces the subtle touch that the film cleverly displays through its imagery. Surely though, if you don’t enjoy their acting, then both Vicki Zhao Wei and Lu Yi provide enough eye-candy to keep the strictest of film critics satiated for the film’s 115 minutes running time. A Time to Love is an entertaining tear-jerker that shouldn’t be overlooked simply because of its clichéd narrative. It skilfully transcends the usual pitfalls of this type of film by making the images and narrative actively engage with the audience in an unconventionally delightful way. 7.5 coloured rubber bands out of 10 by Jason Dow www.heroic-cinema.com/review.php?ID=timelove
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Post by lovevicki on Sept 29, 2005 7:29:37 GMT 7
illuminatedlantern.comTime to Love, A China , 2004 Directed by Huo Jianqi. Two weepy, over-melodramatic lovers, Qu Ran (Vicki Zhao Wei) and Hou Jia (Lu Yi) grow up in angst because their fanatically embittered parents hate each other, just like Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, which becomes what they consider to be "their story," even up to the attempted suicide. Even in college and after, their parents keep them apart, which is hard for an American audience to really fathom. At one point, Hou Jia's mom asks him to choose -- pick her or me. I am grateful my own mother never made me choose between herself and Vicki Zhao Wei, as that would have been the last time I ever saw mom. The parents (Song Xiaoying and Zhang Qian) are feuding because of something her dad said about his to some officials, something about a rape, that led him to commit suicide, leaving Hou Jia alone with his mother. The parents fanatical attempts to keep the two lovers apart made me suspect perhaps the rape had occurred, and Qu Ran was the offspring, making them blood relatives and therefore justifying the separation at least somewhat, it turns out this was just my overactive imagination and the parents are just ruining their children's lives for the hell of it. By the end, misery becomes a habit, near impossible to break even when there is no reason to be so any longer. Nearly two hours of moping, accompanied by somber keyboard music, is a bit much to bear, but as consolation the movie gives us a lot of time to admire Zhao Wei's beautiful face. www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/review/archives/time_to_love_a.php
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