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Summary:
- Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, iron-willed journalist Sheng Nan ("Surpass Men" in Chinese) is pressured to make a quick fortune and find mind-blowing sex before the costly surgery numbs her senses. Taking on a businessman's biography writing job, she hikes into the misty mountains, where a chain of outbursts with her dysfunctional family, grumpy client, misogynistic co-worker and dreamlike romantic interest hilariously unfold. As deeply moving as it is luminously witty, writer-director Teng Congcong's debut waltzes across the bitterness swallowed by her generation of women born under China's One Child Policy, unprecedentedly burdened to "surpass men" while trying not to be "leftover women" at the same time. Saluting the 18th-century Chinese literature classic Dream of the Red Chamber in its title, the enchanting gem refreshes the novel's transcendent contemplation on desire, death and womanhood from a modern cinematic perspective.
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Language Notes:
- In Mandarin, with subtitles in English.
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Alternate Titles:
- Original title: Song wo shang qing yun
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Performers:
- Cast: Yao Chen, Li Jiuxino, Wu Yufang, Yang Xinming, Liang Guanhua Yuan Hong.
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General Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed January 30, 2023).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Won 2019 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Supporting Actress
Won 2020 Dublin International Film Festival Dublin Film Critics Award, Best Screenplay
Won 2020 Huading Awards, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Won 2020 Shanghai Film Critics Awards, Best First Feature
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Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (99 min.))
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Digital Characteristics:
- video file
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Call Numbers:
- Online Video
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1258252601
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Other Control Numbers:
- 99611924700971 (source: VaAlASP)
5373492 (source: VaAlASP)
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