LIFE ON A STRING
BIAN ZOU BIAN CHANG
SYNOPSIS
Two blind men pursue ephemeral and unlikly hopes. One is an aged master, in physical decline, waiting to break his 1000th banjo string. The other is his apprentice, who's longs for a woman's love.
| DIRECTOR | Chen Kaige |
| YEAR | 1991 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Independent Spirit Award 1993 Best Cinematography |
| CAST | Zhonyuan Liu Lei Huang Qing Xu Ling Ma Erga Yao Jinzhan Zhang |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Beijing Film Studio China Film Co-Production Corporation Pandora Film Serene Productions |
| SUPPORTED BY | |
| WORLD SALES | Telepool/Cinepool (München) |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film / Kinowelt |
| LENGTH | 110 min. |
| FORMAT | colour 35mm 1:1.85 Dolby SR |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | China |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Mandarin |
| PRODUCERS | Donald Ranvaud (producer) Karl Baumgartner (co-producer) Rubin Cai (co-producer) Huang Hung (co-producer) Masato Hara (associate producer) Francisco Hoyos (associate producer) |
| WRITERS | Kaige Chen Tiesheng Shi |
| CASTING | |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Changwei Gu |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Jie Cheng/ Jinzhan Zhang (assistant director) |
| EDITING | Xiaonan Pei |
| MUSIC | Xiao-Song Qu |
| SOUND | Jing Tao Roy Gillon |
| ART DIRECTION | Ruigang Shao (art director) Chunpu Wang (set decorator) |
| COSTUMES | Jidong Chen Jizong Liu |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Chaohong Hu Liqiu Wang |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | yes |
| LINKS | n/s |
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