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Seventeen Years
  • Direction: Zhang Yuan.
  • Screenplay: Yu Hua, Ning Dai, Zhu Wen.
  • Cinematography: Zhang Xigui.
  • Editing: Jacopo Quadri, Zhang Yuan.
  • Sound: Lin Qian, Song Weiwei.
  • Sets: Zhao Xiaoyu.
  • Music : Zhao Jiping.
  • Cast: Liu Lin, Li Bingbing, Li Yeping, Liang Song, Li Juan.
  • Producer : Zhang Yuan.
  • Production: Keetman Limited; Xi'an Film Studio; Fabrica.
  • 35mm Colour 85'
  • Seventeen years ago. For pretty high school students, Tao Lan and Yu Xiaoqin couldn't be more different. Tao Lan is tough and prone to typical adolescent behavior. Yu Xiaoqin is a diligent student, but a bit on the prissy side. The only things the stepsisters share are: a small bedroom and the same desire to leave the quarrelling atmosphere of home. Tao Lan's mother and Yu Xiaoqin's father pay unequal attention to the two girls. Their divided pride for their respective daughters has developed into an unhealthy competition and worsens the already existing problem...


    Biography

    Born in 1963 in Nanjing (Jian Su province), China, he graduated with a B.A. in cinematography from the Beijing Academy of Film in 1989. He works as an independent film director and producer and, in 1994, "Time" magazine selected him as one of the hundred young leading figures of the world for the next century.

    Filmography
    (English titles)
  • 1990 Mama
  • 1992 Beijing Bastards
  • 1994 The Square (documentary)
  • 1995 Sons
  • 1996 East Palace, West Palace
  • 1999 Crazy English (documentary)
  • 1999 Seventeen Years



  • DIARY
    FILM SCREENING THEATER DATE
    Seventeen Years A CINE PROVLITA 2 Saturday 13/11 15:30
    Seventeen Years B OLYMPION II - P. ZANNAS Sunday 14/11 17:30
    Seventeen Years C CINE PROVLITA 2 Wednesday 17/11 20:30



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