Bian zou bian chang (1991)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Kaige Chen

Writers:

Kaige Chen (writer)
Tiesheng Shi (novel)

Release Date:

28 August 1992 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes...

Plot Keywords:

Banjo | Musician | Blindness | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Zhongyuan Liu	...	Old Master
Lei Huang	...	Shitou
Qing Xu	...	Lanxiu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ling Ma	...	Noodle stall owner's wife
Erga Yao	...	Retarded man at noodle stall
Jinzhan Zhang	...	Lanxiu's father
Zhengyuan Zhang	...	Noodle stall owner / God of death
Ling Zhong	...	Pharmacist

Also Known As:

Die Weissagung des Meisters (Germany)
Life on a String

Runtime:

110 min | Germany:120 min (Berlin Film Festival) | UK:103 min

Country:

China | Germany | UK

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:All | Australia:M | Sweden:11

Company:

Beijing Film Studio

left with too many questions

watching this film, i was left with too many unanswered questions at the end of it. the first thing i had to say was "...okkkk". in the end i felt a little unsatisfied. the relationship between lanxiu and shidou could have been developed a little more.

maybe i was approaching the film in the wrong manner. coming from the "old well" and "yellow river" perspective, this doesn't seem to hold up as well as some of the other 5th generation director's films.