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Neil:
I watched a movie on the ferry to Zhongshan and again on the ferry back to Hong Kong.  It was about a young girl who befriended and fell in love with a martial arts guy.  A true tragedy.  She dies at the end and he dies soon after and they are buried in each other's arms.  I couldn't understand a word but it was a good movie and the acting was top notch.  I wish I knew the name.

dumbo:
I like too add few movies. Beijing Bicyle is interesting. It shows me places in Beijing that I would never see by bus or by car. If you are looking for a romantic movie, Turn Left, Turn Right is very good. It reminds me of Cinema Paradiso. It was never released in USA, but you can watch it on youtube. Not one less was the first Chinese movie I watched. If any of you are teachers or do volunteer work, it sure will make you cry.

Sylvain D:
I know there is also that movie, who was available in China, beginning of October, when there was the 60 years Republic of China's birthday :
The Founding of a Republic (Jian guo da).
I did not see that movie yet, but I will watch it (if possible in the following days, just have to find some "free time" :) )

ttwjr32:
the founding was a good movie recomend seeing it

seagull:
I've seen "Lost in Beijing" and it is one of my favourite Chinese movies also.

For those interested in modern Chinese history and the changes that have occurred in the last few decades, I recommend "Farewell, My Concubine", which stars Gong Li (when she was young and in her prime!) and is banned in China, it follows the relationship of two Beijing Opera singers through the 20th century, from the 1920s to the Japanese occupation, Cultural Revolution and the 1970s.

Also "Electric Shadows" is a good movie set in Ningxia and also goes through different eras in modern Chinese history.

"Jasmine Women" stars Zhang Ziyi (a very famous Chinese actress) and like the other flicks (must be a common theme in Chinese movies to jump through various time periods) also shows events in the 1930s, 1950s and 1980s, and is about three different generations of women growing up through China's turbulent 20th century.

I am not sure how accurate a reflection these types of drama movies are on Chinese culture. But sometimes it is quite bizarre and often disturbing the way people treat each other in these films, must have some unique Oriental customs!

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