Shower


1h 35m 1999

Brief Synopsis

When the eldest son returns to his family in Beijing to help care for his mentally handicapped younger brother, he is forced to face up to the reality that the life he remembers in China is being slowly wiped away from memory by the machinations of modernity.

Film Details

Also Known As
Badhuset, Xizao, Xizhao
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Fortissimo Films
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics; Alfa Films; Cts; Key Films; Look Now! Filmverleih; Momentum Pictures Limited; Pyramide Distribution; Pyramide Films; Sony Pictures Classics; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 35m

Synopsis

When the eldest son returns to his family in Beijing to help care for his mentally handicapped younger brother, he is forced to face up to the reality that the life he remembers in China is being slowly wiped away from memory by the machinations of modernity.

Film Details

Also Known As
Badhuset, Xizao, Xizhao
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Fortissimo Films
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics; Alfa Films; Cts; Key Films; Look Now! Filmverleih; Momentum Pictures Limited; Pyramide Distribution; Pyramide Films; Sony Pictures Classics; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 35m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Canal Plus Audience Award for Best Film at the 2000 Rotterdam International Film Festival.

Winner of the Golden Space Needle Awards for Best Film and Best Director at the 2000 Seattle International Film Festival.

Co-winner, along with Michel Deville ("Sach's Disease"), of the Silver Shell for Best Director at the 1999 San Sebastian International Film Festival.

Winner of the 1999 audience award for best film and the Golden Alexander for best film from the 1999 Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Winner of the FIPRESCI Award at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival.

Released in United States Summer July 7, 2000

Released in United States on Video December 12, 2000

Released in United States September 1999

Released in United States November 1999

Released in United States 2000

Released in United States January 2000

Released in United States June 2000

Released in United States July 2000

Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Official Selection) September 16-25, 1999.

Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival November 12-21, 1999.

Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 24 - April 9, 2000.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.

Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 6-11, 2000.

Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.

Second feature effort for Zhang Yang who debuted with "Spicy Love Soup" (China/1998).

Released in United States Summer July 7, 2000

Released in United States on Video December 12, 2000

Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Official Selection) September 16-25, 1999.)

Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival November 12-21, 1999.)

Released in United States 2000 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 24 - April 9, 2000.)

Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.)

Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.)

Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) January 20-30, 2000.)

Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 6-11, 2000.)

Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)