Guonian Huijia
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zhang Yuan
Liu Lin
Li Bingbing
Li Yeding
Liang Song
Li Yun
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A drama about a young woman's painful reunion with her family after a long prison term for killing her stepsister.
Director
Zhang Yuan
Cast
Liu Lin
Li Bingbing
Li Yeding
Liang Song
Li Yun
Crew
Wang Dong
Yu Hua
Marco Muller
Zhang Peimin
Jacopo Quadri
Hou Shengjun
Jimmy Tan
Ya Te
Willy Tsao
Zhu Wen
Zhang Xigui
Zhang Yuan
Zhang Yuan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Director at the 1999 Gijon International Film Festival.
Winner of the Special Prize for Direction at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States September 1999
Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain November 19-26, 1999.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Global Views) April 20 - May 4, 2000.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 1999.
Since Zang Juan's films have never been given censorship clearance in China, the film was entered into the 1999 Venice International Film Festival under the Italian banner thanks to funding from Fabrica, the Benneton Group Arts Support Foundation.
Based on a true story, "Seventeen Years" represents the first time cameras have been taken into a Chinese women's prison.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States 1999 (Since Zang Juan's films have never been given censorship clearance in China, the film was entered into the 1999 Venice International Film Festival under the Italian banner thanks to funding from Fabrica, the Benneton Group Arts Support Foundation.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Global Views) April 20 - May 4, 2000.)
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 1999.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain November 19-26, 1999.)
