If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. An ocean films release in france of a laurel films, dream factory, fantasy pictures chinarosem films france production, with participation of. Yi he yuan original title unrated 2h 38min drama, romance 18 april 2007 france 1. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Refusing melodramatic catharsis, the films stalling. Maicching machiko sensei 2003 irreversible 2002 i love budapest 2001 vanishing twin 2000 the road home 1999 jesus is a palestinian. May 18, 2006 summer palace two starkissed lovers meet, part and finally are reunited against a backdrop of 14 years of contempo chinese history in summer palace, an occasionally involving but way over. I did appreciate how the turmoil of the lead characters life mirrored the turmoil of china from the late 80s up until the mid2000s. Sofia the first the floating palace 20 full movie new daily motion. At the heart of the film is a powerful performance by the beautiful and most promising hao lei as its tempestuous, complex heroine.
I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this wikipedia article constitutes fair use. Jan 18, 2008 summer palace, which was first shown in competition at the 2006 cannes film festival, is remarkable for its candor about politics and sex. Summer palace film competitions begin pictures cbs news. Nasrani 2007 malayalam full action movie mammootty radhika latest malayalam movies duration. Chinese actors hao lei, left, guo xiaodong, center, and hu ling ling of the film summer palace, appear at the cannes film festival in cannes, france, may 18, 2006. Banned by the chinese government because of its background of tiananmen event in 1989. However, director lou ye has no interest in pandering to what an average western audience would want from such a film. It was said that it is a punishment for sending the movie to the cannes film festival without government approval. Initially, the royal family regard dianas death as a private affair and thus not to be treated as an official royal death. This is the first chinese film to feature male and female frontal nudity, yiheyuan summer palace received its world premiere as an official selection at the 2006 cannes film festival. The sex view sexy twins 2004 the sweet sex and love 2003 part 2. That lends summer palace a certain exoticism, and that was certainly the case for me as a teenager. That leads many viewers to find summer palace unsatisfactory, as if it is avoiding the point of the story. Summer palace lou ye, 2006 is a classical chinese film set in modern china.
The strong point is undoubtedly the acting cast as well as youthful idealism and its unfortunate consequences addressed in the film. Yu hong leaves her home village and starts university in beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. Summer palace 2006 cast and crew country girl wei leaves her village to attend university in beijing, where she soon discovers an intense world of sexual freedom. A sublime coming of age drama from the director of suzhou river and purple butterfly. The first chinese film to feature fullfrontal male and female nudity, yiheyuan aka summer palace received its world premiere as an official selection at the 2006 cannes film festival. A decade ago, nai was forced to look to europe for arthouse funding, which was largely unavailable in china. Jul 17, 2019 lou yes summer palace 2006, one of only three chinese narrative films to represent the 1989 tiananmen incident, draws upon an aesthetics of banality to dramatize the epistemological limits and resultant trauma of 64, a historical event subsequently repressed in mainland chinese media. Sometimes the editing is abrupt and disorienting to a fault. The film was a chinesefrench collaboration produced by dream factory, laurel films, fantasy pictures and sylvain bursztejns rosem films. This thesis discusses the film text summer palace 2006 directed by mainland chinese director lou ye. Two young lovers play out their complex, erotic, lovehate relationship against a chinese volatile backdrop of political unrest.
Raj mohan krishna kumar and his wife thara sindhu and their friends come to summer palace for celebrating their honeymoon. Yihe yuan, is a 2006 chinese film and the fourth feature film by director lou ye. This is in contrast with the views of tony blair and dianas exhusband, prince charles, who favour the general publics desire for an official. Every film i watch of his just seems a couple of turns away from being great, but just never quite gets there.
Lei hao in summer palace 2006 lei hao and xiaodong guo in summer palace. Summer palace 2006 nude scenes 2006 cast and crew country girl wei leaves her village to attend university in beijing, where she soon discovers an intense world of sexual freedom. Summer palace2006 english subtitle trailer high quality. Yu hong cui leaves her rural village to attend beijing. The first chinese film to feature fullfrontal male and female nudity, yiheyuan aka summer palace received its world premiere as an official selection at the 2006. Summer palace, which was first shown in competition at the 2006 cannes film festival, is remarkable for its candor about politics and sex. But, to the filmmakers in china, summer palace is the first made in china production that openly explores sex, which is very rare. It took a great deal of courage on the part of the actresses to go against the grain of custom in this movie for the sake of realism in film. Summer palace yi2 he2 yuan2 2006 chinese movie database. Summer palace, a politically charged drama from director lou ye purple butterfly, suzhou river, telling the story of chinese political upheaval through the eyes of protagonist yu hong lei hao who moves from her rural community to embrace life in beijing.
The strong point is undoubtedly the acting cast as well as youthful idealism and its. May 06, 2009 richard brody on lou yes summer palace 2006. Summer palace nude scenes 14 images and 5 videos including appearances from lei hao ling hu. It also has the distinction of having been banned by chinese censors, who took issue with the film s politics and its unabashed nude love scenes.
The film was a chinesefrench collaboration produced by dream factory. Yu hong and zhou wei are separated and the heavy hand of the state is brought to bear on the rebellious students. The queen is a 2006 british biographical drama film that depicts the death of diana, princess of wales on 31 august 1997. The film follows a young female student, yu tong hao lei, as she comes to. It also has the distinction of having been banned by chinese censors, who took issue with the films politics and its unabashed nude love scenes.
For director lou ye, who also cowrote the script and was a student in beijing during that crucial year, summer palace is the story of his particular lost generation, a story he felt so deeply about he risked his career to tell it. Was the only asian film selected to compete for the palme dor in 2006. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of. Summer palace 2006 10102006 us drama, romance 2h 20m user score. Summer palace film competitions begin pictures cbs. Female melancholia and historical trauma in summer palace 2006. Subscribe to the new yorker on youtube to keep up with all of our latest videos and shows. Enraptured, she falls madly in love with fellow student zhou wei. The june 4th incident at tiananmen square marked the end of the student revolution for liberty and democracy that took place in beijing in 1989. Nai and lou both received fiveyear bans over 2006s summer palace, which depicted the 1989 tiananmen square protests and was screened at the cannes film festival without the permission of government censors. Summer palace premiered at the cannes film festival on may 18, 2006, and was released theatrically in france a year later on april 18, 2007 by ocean films, under the title une jeunesse chinoise in english, a chinese youth. Summer palace is a 2006 chinese film and the fourth feature film by director lou ye. Summer palace rastrelli, royal residences in st petersburg, russia built for empresses anna and elizabeth summer palace of peter the great, royal residence in st. The explicitness of the scenes has made summer palace the first movie in china that is challenging the censors of china.
The film stars hao lei as yu hong, a girl from the northern border city of tumen who moves to beijing to attend the fictional beiqing. Summer palace 2006 lou ye synopsis, characteristics. It is 1989, and country girl yu hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in beijing. Beautiful yu hong leaves her village, her family and her boyfriend to study in beijing, where she discovers a world of intense sexual and emotional experimentation, and falls madly in love with fellow student zhou wei. Summer palace, is a 2006 chinese film and the fourth feature film by director lou ye. Summer palace 2006 full movie hd daily motion video. Wikiproject film rated cclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. The sex scenes featured in the film also makes it seems to be a cheap pornographic production. Old summer palace, known in china as the gardens of perfect brightness, and originally called the imperial gardens was a complex of palaces and gardens 8 km 5. Driven by obsessive passions they can neither understand nor control, their relationship becomes one of dangerous games betrayals. Summer palace, a 2008 album by uk band sunny day sets fire this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title summer palace.