''Red Amnesia'' () is a 2014 Chinese
thriller film directed by
Wang Xiaoshuai.
The film deals with the psychological impact of an elderly retired widow (played by Lü Zhong)'s past. Wang considers ''Red Amnesia'' to be the last film of his Cultural Revolution trilogy, which includes 2005's ''
Shanghai Dreams'' and 2011's ''
11 Flowers
''11 Flowers'' () is a 2011 film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Wang Xiaoshuai (; born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixt ...
''. The film was released on April 30, 2015.
Synopsis
''Red Amnesia'' follows a family living in modern
Beijing. Deng Meijuan, a widowed lady, lives on her own in a small rundown flat. Her relationships with her sons are strained - Elder son, Jun, is married and lives in a comfortable and modern apartment with his family, while younger son, Bing, has a boyfriend who Deng pretends she does not know about. Deng visits her sons and elderly mother at a nursing home regularly.
Soon, Deng's comfortable life pattern is disrupted by strange occurrences, consequences of a decision she had made during the
Cultural Revolution, that no doubt had impacted the lives of others in the present.
Cast
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Lü Zhong as ''Deng Meijuan''
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Feng Yuanzheng as ''Deng Jun'', son of ''Meijuan''
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Qin Hailu as ''Deng Lu'', wife of Deng Jun
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Qin Hao
Qin Hao (Chinese name: ) is a Chinese actor. He is known for starring in the 2009 film ''Spring Fever'' and the 2020 television series '' The Bad Kids''.
Early life
In 1996, Qin entered China's Central Academy of Drama. He graduated from the Ce ...
as ''Deng Bing'', younger brother of Jun
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Shi Liu
Shi or SHI may refer to:
Language
* ''Shi'', a Japanese title commonly used as a pronoun
* ''Shi'', proposed gender-neutral pronoun
* Shi (kana), a kana in Japanese syllabaries
* Shi language
* ''Shī'', transliteration of Chinese Radical ...
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Han Yibo
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Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest Chinese people, ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
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as boyfriend of Bing
Reception
The film was selected in competition for the
Golden Lion
The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguishe ...
at the
71st Venice International Film Festival.
It also appeared as a Special Presentations at the
2014 Toronto International Film Festival
The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin's film '' The Judge'', starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duv ...
.
Actress Lü Zhong won the award for Best Performance by an Actress at the 8th
Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her performance in the film.
As of May 11, the film had earned $1.42 million at the Chinese box office.
References
External links
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2014 films
Films directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Chinese thriller films
2014 thriller films
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