Io sono li shun li and the poet andrea segre directed his first fulllength drama after a career in documentary filmmaking. The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Venice film festival adds john woos manhunt to lineup. There are currently seven videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Shun li and the poet io sono li by andrea segre artekino festival. Zhao tao won the 2012 david di donatello for best actress for her performance as shun li. Shun li and the poet crosses the atlantic lux prize. Bepi is a poet too, and an immigrant into the bargain. It also took out the 2014 whitehead award at the th annual international film.
The film has a shiveringly lovely melancholic spirit that clings to your skin like wet jeans. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. A tender, delicate friendship grows between shun li and bepi. Winner of the lux prize and official selection at the venice film festival, shun li and the poet io sono li is directed by andrea segre out on 21 june in cinemas. Shun li and the poet 2011 full movie download full hd. Bepi, a slavic fisherman, nicknamed the poet by his friends, has been a regular at that little pub for years. Bepi is from the former yugoslavia, and even after 30 years in venice hes still something of an outsider. Watch shun li and the poet 2012 full movie free online. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about friendship, society, friends, misfit, hopes, immigrants and life is a bitch mostly in drama genres. With tao zhao, rade serbedzija, marco paolini, roberto citran. Review from my vod column this week on demanda terrific example of the things that can be achieved when an unremarkable story is infused with rich performances and unwavering emotional warmth, andrea segres shun li and the poet is a film contagiously fond of its titular characters. It is more like their souls are bond together in some remarkable fashion. Zhao tao, best known as the chinese star of movies by jia zhangke, plays shun li, a reserved and unhappy young woman who has been.
Io sono li is a 2011 italian drama film directed by andrea segre. The chinese poets day of birth is celebrated each year by way of taking candles. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. She then moves to chioggia, a small cityisland in the venetian lagoon, to work as a waitress in a pub.
The story focuses on shun li tao zhao, who worked in a textile factory at the film s beginning strides, but who moves from china to italy with the help of. Watch shun li and the poet english subtitled prime video. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship. Io sono li shun li and the poet is one of the films of the official selection of the lux film prize 2012. Chinese illegal immigrant shun li works in a textile factory in the suburbs of rome in order to secure her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. Shun li works in a textile factory in the outskirts of rome, in order to get her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. Bepi and shun li strike up a friendship despite the disapproval of the local italian and chinese communities shun li and the poet, the first fulllength drama by documentary film maker andrea segre, is a restrained and sensitive depiction of an encounter. Io sono li relates the romantic and difficult friendship between a chinese immigrant and an old fisherman, on an island of the venetian lagoon facing economic changes. There is much to savour in this poignant film about an unhappy young woman transported to italy by her chinese gangmasters. After working in a textile factory in the suburbs of rome, shun li moves to the small. Io sono li shun li and the poet the fundy film society. Italian documentary filmmaker andrea segres first fiction feature is about the story of a special and disapproved of friendship between bepi, an old fisherman of slavic origin whom people called the poet croat actor rade sherbedgia, and shun li, young and meek chinese bar.
Most similar movies to shun li and the poet the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or. In 2010, he directed his first fulllength fiction film, shun li and the poet, presented at numerous international festivals and winner of many awards, including. Rent shun li and the poet 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd.
Io sono li shun li and the poet 20 rotten tomatoes. Shun li and the poet io sono li 2011 traileraddict. Chinese communities, states within states and other exceptional papers on every subject and topic college can throw at. The th annual san diego asian film festival 2012 november 19 shun li and the poet many recent european films have chronicled the social and personal consequences of the recent wave of. Two outsiders become unlikely friends in this drama from filmmaker andrea segre. Shun li and the poet is a more thoughtful and refreshing romantic film. The friendship of the chinese woman and croatian man is also a challenge to the societal structure around them. The ancient poetry of qu yuan is used in the film shun li and the poet to examine a very modern phenomenon. Sat, feb 1 the girl in the fog sat, march 7 investigation of a citizen above suspicion coming soon click on the movie title for more info sat, april 11 the good thief sat, may 2 my italian secret. Bepis nickname is poet, and shun li tells him of chinas greatest poet, qu yuan, whose birthday is observed every year by floating candles on water. Tao zhao in io sono li 2011 io sono li 2011 marco paolini and rade serbedzija in io sono li 2011. Watch shun li and the poet full movie in hd visit a study of the friendship between a chinese woman and a fisherman w. The film s small flower of mutual understanding is destroyed as quickly as it had budded, leaving only remembered moments of special understanding.
Shun li is a single mother working to pay off chinese gangsters who helped her emigrate to italy and are holding her young boy in china asshun li and the poetmore. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Shun li and the poet had you reaching for a dictionary of superlatives to describe this profound, understated film of the season, so far which was beautifully acted and very moving. Io sono li aka shun li and the poet or li and the poet earned zhao tao best actress. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy. Il sono li shun li and the poet is one of those rare gems of a movie that in a very gentle, quiet, simple fashion. Andrea segre shun li and the poet, first snowfall will premiere, in a special screening, the order of things, about a young policeman tasked with controlling the. Shun li shares with bepi stories of qu yuan, chinas most celebrated poet, and the two strike up a. Italian english subtitles a visually stunning story about two strangers who meet in a fishing village on the outskirts of venice. Filmmaker andre segre tells the story of one woman, shun li, and the fisherman, bepi, who befriends her. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship, a bond that had once transcended two very different, yet not at all distant cultures. Shun li and bepi do not feel passion in the ordinary sense. Watch shun li and the poet full movie in hd visit movie 75562 a study of the friendship between a chinese woman and a fisherman w. She works in china and occasionally europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999.
Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Shun li and the poet is a pensive and slowburning production that will have you pondering over it for days. Written and directed by andrea segre it gives notice of a major new light in cinema and we can only hope the success of this film will encourage him to create more in this genre. It also took out the 2014 whitehead award at the th annual international film festival. Shun li and the poet streaming complet cb01streaming ita. Focus on io sono li shun li and the poet lux prize. Media in category io sono li the following 28 files are in this category, out of. Shun li and the poet english subtitled shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. In the lagoon of venice, remote from the citys famous charms, is an island fishing village named chioggia. A study of the friendship between a chinese woman and a fisherman who came to italy from yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small cityisland in the veneto lagoon. She is transferred to work at a pub, where she meets bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Video archive for the film shun li and the poet io sono li, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2011. Rent shun li and the poet 2011 starring tao zhao and rade serbedzija on dvd and bluray.
Zhao tao born 28 january 1977 is a chinese actress. Shun li shares with bepi stories of qu yuan, chinas most celebrated poet, and the two. More praise came for the amazing acting with the photography creating a melancholic mood. Cast zhao tao shun li born in the province of shanxi in china, an internationally renowned actress, with a degree in chinese folk dance from the dance academy in beijing, she has had the leading parts in the last five films by the director jia zhangke, including still life, winner of the golden lion at the 63rd venice international film festival. Shun li and the poet is a detailed examination of an encounter between different cultures and portrays normally hidden realities shun li zhao tao, winner of the 2011 david di donatello for best actress, a chinese immigrant in her thirties who has worked in a textile. She is suddenly transferred to work as a bartender at a pub in a small town along the venetian lagoon. Thomas calls shun li and the poet a quiet film, and says it offers a unique perspective of venice from outside the main city.
With shun li and the poet 2011, she became the first asian actress to win a prize. Suddenly transferred to work in a small town along the venetian lagoon, she meets a local fisherman, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Shun li, in effect, informs bepi of qu yuan who is the greatest of chinese poets. The friendship between shun li and bepi upsets both the chinese and local communities, who interfere. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Unlike so many films on this subject, shun li and the poet actually believes in the inherent decency of strangers. Il sono li shun li and the poet is one of those rare gems of a movie that in a very gentle, quiet, simple fashion tells a story that in some way connects us all.
She is suddenly transferred to chioggia, a small cityisland in the veneto lagoon, to work as a bartender in a pub. A tender friendship grows between shun li and bepi. Shun li and the poet is a surefire heartwinner, and marks sigre as a name to look out for. They have found kindred souls and are linked by their regard for poetry.
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