Luxury Car
a WANG CHAO picture
Synopsis
An elderly country schoolteacher comes to the big city of Wuhan in search of his only son. His dying wife has asked to see her boy one last time. He is met by his daughter Yanhong who works as an escort in a karaoke bar. Yanhong introduces him to a policeman who sympathizes with his plight and agrees to help him in his task. The two quickly become friends. Yanhong also presents her father to her boyfriend, the owner of the karaoke bar, an older man. However when the four of them meet for dinner one night the old policeman recognizes the boyfriend as a man he arrested over ten years ago…
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Press
"An almost perfect balance between style and content, a tightly written and beautifully played drama."
VARIETY
"It is the many-layered complexities of loyalty and necessity that make Luxury Car such an interesting film…The film is fast moving and, unlike most Chinese cinema, has a distinct Western feel to it. The location photography is superb and the performances are exceptional….Writer/director Wang Chao has the confidence of a veteran filmmaker and yet this is only his third outing. As with so many aspects of commercial life, the Chinese are coming!"
EYE FOR FILM
Festivals
& Awards
Cannes International Film Festival
Un Certain Regard
Jury Prize
Pusan International Film Festival
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Rio International Film Festival
Melbourne Film Festival
Edinburgh Film Festivaled
Stockholm Film Festival
Istanbul Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Tian Yuan | |
|---|---|
| Wu Youcai | |
| Li Yi Qing | |
| Huang He |
| Director | Wang Chao |
|---|---|
| Scriptwriter | Ling Xue |
| Producers | Sylvain Bursztejn, Zhou Wei Si |
| Executive Producer | Zhang Min |
| Director of Photography | Liu Yong Hong |
| Editor | Tao Wen |
| Sound | Wang Ran |
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