Red Beads


1h 30m 1993

Brief Synopsis

The subjective tale of a young man who imagines himself an orderly in a mental institution, where he romances a woman with a recurring dream of red beads.

Film Details

Also Known As
Xuan Lian
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1993
Production Company
Fortissimo Films; Guo Xiaohong; Nie Tiejun; You Ni

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Synopsis

The subjective tale of a young man who imagines himself an orderly in a mental institution, where he romances a woman with a recurring dream of red beads.

Film Details

Also Known As
Xuan Lian
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1993
Production Company
Fortissimo Films; Guo Xiaohong; Nie Tiejun; You Ni

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Feature directorial debut for "Sixth Generation" filmmaker He Jianjun, former assistant to Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. The film was made under the pseudonym He Yi.

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum of Young Cinema) February 10-21, 1994.

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.

Shown in New York City (Public Theater) as part of program "Thunder From the East: New Visions From China, Taiwan and Hong Kong" September 2-8, 1994.

dialogue Mandarin

subtitled English