Tai Yang Niao
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Wang Xueqi
Yang Liping
Wang Xueqi
Cao Bin
Zhan Haihong
Zhang Li
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Synopsis
Tana is a dancer who comes from a remote Chinese village but has moved on and become successful. She cannot forget the trauma of her rural childhood, though: both her parents died when she was young, her mother in childbirth. She describes the life and ritual of the village through dance, in particular copying the tribal chief who led ceremonial dances such as fertility rites. This obssession makes her ill and makes it hard for her to sutain relationships.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Feature directorial debuts for Wang Xueqi and Yang Liping.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Perspectives) August 26 - September 8, 1998.
35mm
color
