Tuya de hun shi (2006)

Note Générale:

7,3/10   

Réalisateur:

Quanan Wang

Scénaristes:

Wei Lu (writer) and
Quanan Wang (writer)

Date de sortie:

8 juin 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Intrigue:

Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband.

Plot Keywords:

Mongolia | Family Relationships | Drought | Accident | Camel

Récompenses:

4 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Exotic

Ensemble

Nan Yu	...	Tuya
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Bater	...	Bater
Sen'ge	...	Sen'ge
Zhaya	...	Zhaya

Autre(s) titre(s):

Tuya's Marriage (International: English title)

Durée:

86 min

Pays:

China

Langue:

Mandarin

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Germany:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:6 | Taiwan:GP (original rating)

Société:

Maxyee Culture Industry

Exotic

This is an exotic film that recalls other indigenous Mongolian tales by Byambasuren Davaa such as The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) or The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005). It also has much in common with the Tibetan film Himalaya (1999) and rural Iranian cinema. The story, like that in each of these other films, is very simple - a woman's husband is incapacitated and she seeks a new man who will support the old.

The cinematography is beautiful with the harshness of the inner Mongolian landscape captured aesthetically. Dialogue is sparse, and the film is very observational, documenting a way of life that is gradually receding into the past. The herding and riding of animals, the digging of wells, the visits from potential suitors and other aspects of rural life are nicely captured, and contrast against the oncoming tide of modernity.

Thematically, the film has more in common with Breaking the Waves (1996), my favourite Lars von Trier film. There is both humour and heartbreak as the story unfolds. I didn't find the film quite as effective as Weeping Camel but a nice bit of cultural diversity that's worth seeing.