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| The Love of Mr. An |
| Cina - 2007 |
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| Direction: Yang Lina |
| Screenplay: Yang Lina |
| Camera: Yang Lina |
| Editing: Yang Lina |
| Sound: Yang Lina |
| Format: Video |
| Time: 87 min. |
| Original Version: Mandarino |
| Production: Yang Lina, Isabelle Glachant |
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| Sales |
Isabelle Glachant
chineseshadows@gmail.com |
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| Synopsis |
| The Love of Mr. An affectionately follows the romantic life o fan 89 year-old Beijiner who has two passions in life: ballroom dancing in the park, even in the wintertime, with other aficionados (a common occurrence in China), and Xia Wei, his 50-something dancing partner. Both Mr. An and Xia Wei are married and their respective families have their thoughts on this relationship. Following Mr. An everywhere with her camera, Yang Lina becomes a confidante, a benevolent accomplice and gradually the true nature of the emotional involvement of the two partners is revealed and put to the test. |
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| Yang Lina |
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| Former actress Yang Lina, born in 1972 in the province of Jilin, attended the People’s Liberation Army Art Academy. With Old Man (1999) and Home Video (2001), Yang Lina introduced the concept of “personal documentary” into China, a culture in which the notion of “the intimate” and “the personal” are problematic. Her work represents an interesting variation on the actress’s narcissism: she keeps her image out of the frame but tantalizingly close, at the border, in the same diegetic space as her subjects with whom she converses freely in her melodious and highly recognizable voice. |
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| Filmography |
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| 1999 – Old Man, doc / 2001 – Home Video, doc/ 2007 – My Neighbors on Japanese Devils, doc/ 2007 – The Love of Mr. An, doc. |
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