Il sangue verde 2010, mare chiuso 2012 and indebito 20. Li and the poet is now one of three finalists for the 2012 lux prize. After being selected for the venice days in 2011, italian director andrea segres li and the poet is now one of three finalists for the 2012 lux. Atlantic podcast a threepart series exploring the mystery of peter bergmann the. Andrea segres intimate drama tells the story of shun li, a chinese immigrant forced to move from rome in order to work in a bar on a small island in the veneto lagoon. There is much to savour in this poignant film about an unhappy young woman transported to italy by her chinese gangmasters. In 2010, he directed his first fulllength fiction film, shun li and the poet, presented at numerous international festivals and winner of many awards, including the european parliaments lux prize in 2012, and distributed in over thirty countries. Home shun li and the poet crosses the atlantic shun li and the poet crosses the atlantic 0508 20 2012 lux prize winner andrea segre to be screened in canada and the usa the 2012 lux prize winning story 1 of the chinese single mother, shun li, and the croatian fisherman bepi. Brought to italy by a broker who shes slowly paying off while saving money to bring across her son, shun li zhao tao, jia zhangkes muse in platform and the world is sent from her factory job to a bar in chioggia, a small island in the veneto lagoon. When you hear that shun li and the poet concerns the experiences of a chinese immigrant in.
Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Shun li the radiant tao zhao is a textile worker, whos been busy saving up and paying off the people who brought her to italy from china and to. In merely a coincidental set of circumstances, andrea segres shun li and the poet arrives in uk cinemas on. Zhao tao, best known as the chinese star of movies by jia zhangke, plays shun li, a reserved and unhappy young woman who has been transported to italy by her gangmasters and must work in a bar to pay off a loanshark debt. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on tuesday, may 9, 2017. It also took out the 2014 whitehead award at the th annual international film festival. With shun li and the poet 2011, she became the first asian actress to win a prize. Ml3207 essay 2 filmcinema studies bibliographies in harvard style. Io sono li shun li and the poet 20 rotten tomatoes. Watch shun li and the poet english subtitled prime video. He has won seven david di donatello for best cinematography awards and received fourteen nominations, making him the highest awarded artist in this category. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Published on jun 19, 20 shun li works in a textile factory on the outskirts of rome and hopes to get italian citizenship so her eightyearold son can join her in italy. There she strikes up a friendship with bepi, a fisherman nicknamed the poet.
Would you like to know where to watch the lux prize finalist films in europe online. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship, a bond that had once transcended two very different, yet not at all distant cultures. Shun li starts off in a factory in rome, but as the movie opens, she learns that she is being transferred to chioggia, an island fishing community in the venetian lagoon. He is the first italian cinematographer to be nominated for the primetime emmy award in the outstanding cinematography for a limited series or movie category, for the 2016. Bepi, on the other hand, is an old retired fisherman and amateur poet who left yugoslavia for the little laguna town of chioggia thirtyfive years before. Bepi, on the other hand, is an old retired fisherman and amateur poet who left yugoslavia for the little laguna town of chioggia thirtyfive years. Its not without its problems, but shun li and the poet is quiet, charming and believable, the sort of movie thats good for a cold afternoon, a hot cup of tea and a good cry. Shun li and the poet 2011 directed by andrea segre. Just like the chinese bartender shun li and bepi the slavic fisherman. We invite you to discover the offer of videoondemand vod platforms available in your country by selecting any of the below listed films. Though lonely at first, she meets bepi, a slavic fisherman, nicknamed the poet, who befriends her. The friendship between shun li and bepi upsets both the chinese and local.
Media in category io sono li the following 28 files are in this category, out of 28 total. Imdb, the worlds most popular and authoritative source for movie, tv and celebrity content. A tender, delicate friendship grows between shun li and bepi. Shun li has been working in a textile workshop in the outskirts of rome for eight years to pay off her debt to the people traffikers in order to bring her son to italy. Single mother shun li is a chinese immigrant in italy, whos compelled to keep working for her handlers until they decide that her 8yearold son can join her in the west.
International film festival io sono li shun li and the. Zhao tao born 28 january 1977 is a chinese actress. Zhao tao, frequent collaborator with jia zhangke, plays shun li, a young. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband, director jia zhangke, including platform 2000 and still life 2006. She is suddenly transferred to chioggia, a small island town situated in the venetian lagoon, to work as a bartender. June 19, 20 shun li and the poet is a pensive and slowburning production that will have you pondering over it for days. Io sono li is a 2011 italian drama film directed by andrea segre. Introduction by director andrea segre and daniela dal pra, lecturer of italian, unc charlotte. Luca bigazzi born 9 december 1958 is an italian cinematographer.
Two outsiders become unlikely friends in this drama from filmmaker andrea segre. Shun li and the poet actually begins in the multiethnic roman suburb of. Quietly absorbing drama about the friendship between two outsiders in italy. Io sono li aka shun li and the poet or li and the poet earned zhao tao best actress honors at the 2012 david di donatello awards. First snowfall shun li and the poet helmer andrea segre again tackles the theme of immigration in this beautifully lensed drama. Ml3207 essay 2 filmcinema studies bibliographies cite. Prime members enjoy free twoday delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books. Io sono li aka shun li and the poet or li and the poet earned zhao tao best. She works in china and occasionally europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999. Acute is the remorse for the lost way in the faltering steps of my return. Shun li works in a textile factory on the outskirts of rome and hopes to get italian citizenship so her eightyearold son can join her in italy. Tao zhao and rade serbedzija are impressive as the oddly matched pairing in.
Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Moved from seamstress duties in a textile factory on the outskirts of rome to tending a bar in the coastal community of chioggia near venice. Shun li shares with bepi stories of qu yuan, chinas most celebrated poet, and. Shun li and the poet is a beautiful yet sad tale that illustrates it. How about a little animosity with your relationship. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship. Andrea segres intimate drama tells the story of shun li, a chinese immigrant forced to move from rome in. Shun li and the poet by andrea segre andrea segre, zhao. Shun li and the poet shun li and the poet tells the story of the romantic and difficult friendship between a young immigrant chinese woman and a fisherman of slavic origin on an island in the venetian lagoon that is undergoing a period of. Shun li and the poet film society of lincoln center.
Zhao tao won the 2012 david di donatello for best actress for her performance as shun li. Mark deming, rovi two outsiders become unlikely friends in. Viewers who remember tom mccarthys the station agent will find parallels to that movieabout unlikely friendships between lonely peoplewith heavier doses of sadness. Shun li is a young chinese woman who has succeeded in emigrating to italy, without her son whom she sorely misses but with a debt to pay back to the illegal network that helped her to get there. She is transferred to work at a pub, where she meets bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Movies like shun li and the poet if you like shun li and the poet you are looking for touching, atmospheric and gloomy movies about with friendship, village, friends, misfit, poet, life is a bitch and exile themes of drama genre shot in italy or france. Shun li tao zhao is a softlyspoken young chinese immigrant who is moved by her.
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