A Lingering Face

A Lingering Face
Traditional 非常夏日
Simplified 非常夏日
Mandarin Fēicháng xiàrì
Directed by Lu Xuechang
Produced by Han Sanping
Tong Gang
Cao Wei
Tian Yuping
Written by Lu Xuechang
Li Jixian
Starring Ma Xiaoqing
Pan Yueming
Li Min
Ge Yaming
He Xi
Cheng Lianzhong
Shi Xiaojun
Gao Xilu
Music by Nathan McCree
Cinematography Wang Yu
Edited by Kong Leijin
Distributed by China Film Group
Release dates
  • August 3, 2000 (Locarno)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin

A Lingering Face (Chinese: 非常夏日; pinyin: Fēicháng xiàrì; literally: "A curious summer day") is a 2000 Chinese film directed by Lu Xuechang. The film is Lu's second after 1997's The Making of Steel. Compared to that earlier film, which was plagued with censorship problems, A Lingering Face's production and release was relatively free of problems or obstacles.[1]

Plot

A Lingering Face follows an everyman named Lei Haiyang (Pan Yueming), who has recently broken up with his girlfriend. Deciding to go to Beijing, he hitches a ride with a driver (Ma Xiaoqing) and a fellow hitchhiker, Yanzi (Li Min). Waking up from a nap, Haiyang finds the truck parked in the woods and the driver raping Yanzi. Hiding in the undergrowth, Yanzi sees Haiyang (the titular "lingering" face, but does not reveal his hiding position. Terrified, Haiyang runs away.

In Beijing, Haiyang sees a news report of a female corpse found in the woods. Later, while walking in the streets, Haiyang chances upon a woman who looks exactly like Yanzi. She denies it, but the two embark on a friendship which blossoms into romance. Soon, Haiyang will discover what happened on that curious summer day.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Elley, Derek (2000-09-05). "A Lingering Face Review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

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