Dam Street

Dam Street (Chinese: 红颜; lit. 'Rouge face') is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Li Yu. Dam Street is Li's second feature film, after 2001's Fish and Elephant and was produced by screenwriter Fang Li's Laurel Films and Sylvain Bursztejn's French company, Rosem Films.

Dam Street
Traditional Chinese紅顏
Simplified Chinese红颜
Hanyu PinyinHóng yán
Directed byLi Yu
Written byFang Li
Li Yu
Produced byFang Li
Sylvain Bursztejn
StarringLiu Yi
Huang Xingrao
CinematographyWang Wei
Edited byKarl Riedl
Music byLiu Sijun
Production
companies
Laurel Films
Rosem Films
Fonds Sud Cinema
Distributed byBavaria Film International
Release dates
  • September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08) (Venice)
  • January 17, 2007 (2007-01-17)
Running time
93 minutes
LanguageMandarin

Dam Street, shot mainly in Sichuanese Mandarin, follows the life of a young woman, Xiaoyun in a corner of China's central Sichuan province. The film premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival on September 8, and also received a handful of other showings at other festivals, notably Toronto (2005) and Deauville (2006).

Lead actress Liu Yi is a notable Sichuan opera actress (Plum Blossom Award, 2007).

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