Cry Woman
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Cry Woman stars the Beijing Opera star Liao Qin in her first film role.[1]
Despite being banned in China, the film was screened at several international venues, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held in the Czech Republic[2] and in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Plot
Wang Guixiang (Liao Qin) and her husband (Li Longjun) are a migrant couple living in Beijing. Wang is eking out a career selling unlicensed DVDs when disaster strikes and police confiscate her DVD stocks, and her husband is arrested after getting into a fight over a mahjong game. Forced to return to Guizhou, she meets an old boyfriend (Wei Xingkun), who suggests she take a job as a professional mourner. Surprisingly, Wang finds herself very good at her new job as a "cry woman" and soon discovers that her talents are very much in demand.
Cast
- Liao Qin
- Li Longjun
- Wei Xingkun
- Wen Qing
- Zhu Jiayue
References
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External links
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- Cry Woman at the Chinese Movie Database
- Template:In lang Official Site (French release)