A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Wayne Wang
Faye Yu
Wes Deitrick
Vida Ghahremani
Yu Feihong
Rick Ehrenstrasser
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mr. Shi is a retired widower from Beijing. When his daughter Yilan, who lives in the US, divorces, he decides to visit her in the small town where she works as a librarian. His intention is to stay with her until he helps her recover from the trauma. Mr. Shi likes to tell the people he meets in America that he's a "rocket scientist", enjoying their attention. But Yilan is less enthusiastic about his showing off, nor is she interested in his plan to rescue her marriage and reconstruct her life. When Mr. Shi insists on finding out the reason for the divorce, Yilan starts to avoid him.
Director
Wayne Wang
Cast
Faye Yu
Wes Deitrick
Vida Ghahremani
Yu Feihong
Rick Ehrenstrasser
Henry O
Lonny Waddle
Pasha Lychnikoff
Crew
Deva Anderson
Lesley Barber
Dan Beyer
Lisa Caryl
Cheryl Cowan
Rich Cowan
Rich Cowan
Vincent De Felice
Vincent Defelice
Lewis Goldstein
Lewis Goldstein
Amber Grunte
Philip Huffman
Lee Joo-ick
Trista Jordan
Yukie Kito
Yasushi Kotani
Jooick Lee
Yiyun Li
Yiyun Li
Patrick Lindenmaier
Delphine Robertson
Deirdre Slevin
Taizo Son
Tom Taylor
Todd Thaler
Traci Van Leuven
Michael Vukas
Wayne Wang
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of four awards including the Silver Shell for Best Actor (Henry O), the Golden Shell for Best Film, the CEC Award for Best Film and co-winner of the Signis Award at the 2007 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall September 19, 2008
Released in United States September 26, 2008
Released in United States on Video May 26, 2009
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States September 2007
Released in United States November 2007
Released in United States December 2007
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Official Selection) September 20-29, 2007.
Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cultural Bridge) December 9-16, 2007.
Based on the collection of short stories "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" by Yiyun Li; published by Random House September 20, 2005.
Released in United States Fall September 19, 2008 (NY)
Released in United States September 26, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video May 26, 2009
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 3, 2007.)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Official Selection) September 20-29, 2007.)
Released in United States November 2007 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Special Screenings) November 1-11, 2007.)
Released in United States December 2007 (Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cultural Bridge) December 9-16, 2007.)
