Ling Yi Ban


1h 51m 2008

Brief Synopsis

Xiaofen lives in one of the growing cities in Southwestern China, but her work for a law firm interviewing clients and documenting their cases is merely routine. When not at work, she must deal with her down and out boyfriend, a drunk and a gambler, who's now on the lam. Life is also hard for her gi

Film Details

Also Known As
Other Half, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2008
Distribution Company
Inblue

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 51m

Synopsis

Xiaofen lives in one of the growing cities in Southwestern China, but her work for a law firm interviewing clients and documenting their cases is merely routine. When not at work, she must deal with her down and out boyfriend, a drunk and a gambler, who's now on the lam. Life is also hard for her girlfriends and her mother, and Xiaofen is increasingly distressed by what she witnesses around her.

Film Details

Also Known As
Other Half, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2008
Distribution Company
Inblue

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 51m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States March 19, 2008

Released in United States Spring March 19, 2008

Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (New Directors Competition) October 4-17, 2007.

Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 21-April 1, 2007.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Cinema of the Future: Sturm and Drang) January 24-February 4, 2007.

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 26-May 10, 2007.

Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons and Tigers) September 27-October 12, 2007.

video

color

rtg MPAA NONE

dialogue Mandarin, subtitled English

Released in United States March 19, 2008 (New York City)

Released in United States Spring March 19, 2008