Lunar Eclipse
This elegant film about love, desire, and betrayal is mixed with a touch of mystery and told in a cinematic language rarely seen in Chinese films. It marks the debut of Wang Quanan, a 1991 graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. A young newlywed has a chance encounter with an enigmatic minivan driver with a passion for photography. When the amateur photographer confesses to a previous love affair with a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to her, the young woman falls under the spell of this soft-spoken, unkempt, and seemingly hapless young man. In an uncanny moment at the end of the film, the young newlywed witnesses the car accident that caused the death of her look-alike... "Lunar Eclipse," as one Chinese film critic claims, is "one of the most uncompromising Chinese films ever made and a landmark in Chinese cinema." About the Director Wang Quanan, Director Born in October 1965 in Yan'an, Wang Quanan graduated from the Acting Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1991. His graduation work was a well-controlled performance in Zhang Nuanxin's "Good Morning, Beijing" (1991) as an ordinary Beijing bus driver. After graduation, Wang worked for Xi'an Film Studio for seven years, where he made a TV soap opera called "Years" (Niandai). "Lunar Eclipse" is Wang's directorial debut. It is also one of the 13 screenplays he has written so far.
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