Pavilion of Women
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China, 1938: Intelligent and well-read, Madam Wu is the envy of all who know her. The Wu family is the richest and most powerful family in her town. Servants tend to her every need, her house and clothes are gorgeous, and she is as beautiful and serene as a traditional wife could want to be. Yet as
Film Details
Also Known As
Kvinnopaviljongen
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Romance
War
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Kent Hamilton
Distribution Company
Universal Focus
Location
China; Suzhou, China
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 56m
Synopsis
China, 1938: Intelligent and well-read, Madam Wu is the envy of all who know her. The Wu family is the richest and most powerful family in her town. Servants tend to her every need, her house and clothes are gorgeous, and she is as beautiful and serene as a traditional wife could want to be. Yet as the town celebrates her 40th birthday, Madame Wu scandalizes the gathering by announcing she will arrange for a much younger woman to be her husband's concubine, thereby ending her conjugal relationship with him. Her decision throws the family--one of the oldest in China--into an uproar, but she manages the transition as she does everything else in the extended family of over sixty relatives. Alone in her own quarters, she enjoys her new-found freedom and reads books denied her in the past. When her son begins English lessons, she too starts learning from the free-thinking missionary named Brother Andre, who changes her life when he falls in love with her.
Cast
Zhuang Cun
Qui Zhan Zhu
Cao Xu Bai
Ye De Jie
Mao Xiao Dong
Sun Yang
Linq Yim
Gu Ying
Jin Ge
Shek Sau
Yi Ding
Shen Ya
Huang Zhong Yu
Xue Tian Yun
Sun Hua Qin
Zhao Wu Jiu
Koh Chieng Mun
Yang Xi
Yum En Ti
Xia Yue Qing
Gu Zheng Hong
Zhang Jian Wen
Xu Ding
Jin Li Sheng
Zhang Zhao
Qu Hui Zhen
Kate Mcgregor-stewart
Liu Chun Lin
Song Min Qi
Zhou Chun
Gu En Hao
Sun Bo
Jiang Yi Fei
John Cho
Yan Huai Bo
Anita Loo
Wen Yi
Karen Smith
Performer
Gu Xin-qi
Lou Bing Kun
Nie Ya Liang
Zhou Ying
Huang Lan
Mo Chen Hao
Qi Lin Hui
Zeng Ling Yuan
Irene Zhen
Willem Dafoe
Wei Qiu Fang
Zhang Meng Yun
Guo Min Na
Yang Rong
Su Zheng
Luo Yan
Xu You Jin
Yuan Xiao Liang
Hong Zi Yuan
Xiang Li Na
Zhou Chun Yu
Huang Yin Yuan
Liu Jia Dong
Zhu Shou Gen
Zhang Kang
Wu Xiao Yi
Sun Li
Chen Yin
Zauang Zhi Fang
Chen Hui Dong
Liu Meng Shi
Chen Shu
Zhao Pei Ying
Cai Yue
Yang Ge
Jerry Tondo
Voice
Chen Qin
Miu Ya Lei
Zhang Hua
John Dunn
Xia Chun
Eva Marton
Performer
Jin Ying Chun
Sharon Omi
Voice
Poon Hang-sang
Dong Xu Chao
Liu Hui Dong
Zhang Zhang
Xia Xi Geng
Gu Ding Yaun
Zhang Xue Xin
Guo Xuan Ming
Lisa Ng
Amy Hill
Wang Li
Pu Hong Kui
Jiang Hai
Crew
Gary Alexander
Rerecording
Doug Andorka
Adr Mixer
Michael T Andreas
Music Editor
Arturo Banuelos
Sound
Eddie Bauer
Special Thanks To
Wang Wei Bing
Location Scout
Pearl S. Buck
Source Material
Pearl S. Buck
Source Material (From Novel)
Duncan Burns
Editor
Paul Chan
Casting Associate
Xu Chen
Wardrobe Assistant
Bernadette Cheng
Makeup Artist
Chen Jie Cheng
Grip
Zhao Chun Cheng
Camera
Zhong Cheng
Grip
Michael Chock
Editor
Joel Chong Kwok Wing
Props
Joel Chong Kwok Wing
Art Director
Thomas Chow
Assistant Director
Michael Clark
Audio Consultant
Kenneth Cole
Special Thanks To
Paul R Collins
Screenplay
Charles Cooley
Special Effects
Yang Dan Dan
Makeup
Ryan Davidson
Adr Editor
Ryan Davidson
Sound Editing
Wang Dong
Sound Mixer
Yu Jian Dong
Generator Operator
Mark Driscoll
Visual Effects
John Dunn
Sound Mixer
John Dunn
Sound
John Dunn
Dialogue Editor
Simon Edery
Coproducer
Lin Zhong Fa
Construction Coordinator
Cheng Shao Feng
Set Production Assistant
Xi Cai Feng
Wardrobe Supervisor
Henrik Fett
Visual Effects Supervisor
Joe Fineman
Executive Consultant
Claudia Finkle
Editor
Dona Kay Flint
Other
Ge Jin Fu
Grip
Zhang Jin Fu
Set Decorator
David Gallion
Special Effects
Jin Ge
Production Coordinator
Yang Ge
Location Casting
Jin Gee
Script Supervisor
Susan Godfrey
Editor
Shawna Gottfredson
Soloist
Aaron Griffith
Casting
Hao Jian Guo
Location Manager
Kent Hamilton
Production Insurance
Poon Hang-sang
Director Of Photography
Poon Hang-sang
Dp/Cinematographer
Cheng Yong Hao
Electrician
Bob Harmon
Rerecording
Donald Hauger
Sound
Wendy Heller
Production
Michael 'ffish' Hemschoot
Visual Effects
K Montgomery Hom
Production
Chen Shang Hong
Accounting Assistant
Wang Li Hong
Best Boy
William Hoy
Editor
Cao Chun Hua
Grip
Fu Zhi Hua
Props Assistant
Gu Xiao Hua
Craft Service
Gu Yong Hua
Construction
Ma Wen Hua
Production Assistant
Wang Wen Hua
Camera
Zhong Hua
Construction
Michael Huitron Lynch
Special Effects
Robert Hutchins
Special Effects Supervisor
Karen Hwa Chee Han
Soloist
Christopher Ivins
Visual Effects
Max Ivins
Visual Effects Supervisor
Huang Jin
Set Production Assistant
Guo Jun
Assistant Art Director
Shen Guo Jun
Grip
Shawn Kennelly
Foley Mixer
Alan Kerr
Foley Artist
Danny Kim
Art Director
Lam Che Kiu
Assistant Art Director
Penka Kouneva
Music
Bruce Law
Stunt Coordinator
Qu Hong Lei
Wardrobe Assistant
James Leung
Production Designer
Rowena Li
Associate Producer
He Chang Ling
Makeup Artist
Shao Seng Ling
Electrician
Shen Yu Long
Props
Shen Yu Long
Set Decorator
Wang Xing Long
Electrician
Inc Look! Effects
Visual Effects
Erik Lundborg
Music Arranger
Kate Mcgregor-stewart
Dialogue Coach
Sean Mcintire
Other
Suki Medencevic
Photography
Scott Miller
Soloist
Chen Ming
Wardrobe Assistant
Hope Moskowitz
Assistant Editor
Glen Neibaur
Other
Caroline Ngai
Production Coordinator
Kevin O'neill
Visual Effects Supervisor
Michelle Page
Assistant Editor
Giuseppe Patane
Music Conductor
Bryan Pennington
Consultant
Ted Perkins
Special Thanks To
Huang Hai Ping
Props Assistant
Sun Yie Ping
Assistant Camera Operator
Zhang Li Ping
Craft Service
Jesse Pomeroy
Dialogue Editor
Jesse Pomeroy
Adr Editor
Conrad Pope
Music Arranger
Conrad Pope
Music
Conrad Pope
Music Conductor
Giacomo Puccini
Music
Shao Hong Qi
Electrician
Xia Wen Qing
Construction
Hu Zhong Quan
Props Assistant
Zeke Richardson
Foley Mixer
Zeke Richardson
Adr Mixer
Joan Rowe
Foley Artist
Jia Wen Rui
Caterer
Wen Jing Rui
Other
Victoria Rose Sampson
Dialogue Editor
Victoria Rose Sampson
Adr Editor
Stephen Scharf
Production
Paula Schmit
Production
Tom Seymour
Special Effects
Hugo Shong
Executive Producer
Jeff Shu
Production
Yu Xiao Shun
Set Production Assistant
Reuben Simon
Foley Editor
Giancarlo Sini
Production Associate
Karen Smith
Music
Tefft Smith
Visual Effects
Paul Stanley
Sound
Bonnie Ann Stauch
Wardrobe Assistant
Stanley Sun
Production Coordinator
Clifford J. Tasner
Music Arranger
Ya Te
Other
Jussi Tegelman
Sound Editor
Mathew Tong
Casting Associate
Matt Trushe
Location Scout
Scott Turner
Sound
Charles Unger
Assistant Editor
Bob Warden
Associate Producer
Zhang Zhong Wei
Construction
Karen Weintraub
Assistant Editor
Denise Williams
Soloist
Kristin Windell
Assistant Editor
Rafael Winer
Photography
Chuck Winston
Color Timer
Ray Wong
Camera Operator
Dirk Woodruff
Other
Kurt Woolner
Production
Chen Zhu Xiang
Key Grip
Cheryl Xie
Other
Wang Shen Xin
Casting Associate
Cheng Ya Xing
Assistant Camera Operator
Jiang Xiong
Other
Chen Rong Xuang
Casting Associate
Luo Yan
Producer
Luo Yan
Other
Luo Yan
Screenplay
Sherry Yang
Other
Linq Yim
Dialogue Coach
Liao Ying
Accounting Assistant
Hou Yong
Director Of Photography
Hou Yong
Dp/Cinematographer
Celia Yu Liu
Soloist
Zeng Guang Yuan
Set Production Assistant
Zhu Wei Yuan
Special Effects
Josephine Yuk-lun Chan
Assistant Director
Chen Peng Yun
Special Effects
Guo Zheng Yun
Electrician
Chris Zhao
Other
Irene Zhen
Production
Zhang Zhenyan
Production Manager
Hu Zhong
Production Assistant
Film Details
Also Known As
Kvinnopaviljongen
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Romance
War
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Kent Hamilton
Distribution Company
Universal Focus
Location
China; Suzhou, China
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 56m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video January 15, 2002
Released in United States Spring May 4, 2001
Began shooting June 1, 1999.
Completed shooting July 26, 1999.
Released in United States on Video January 15, 2002
Released in United States Spring May 4, 2001
