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SHI MIAN MAI FU (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS)

Out of Competition

Directed by :: YIMOU Zhang

Country:: CHINA

Year:: 2003

Duration:: 119.00 minutes

Synopsis

The year is 859AD and China's once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is raging throughout the land, and the corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are forming in protest. The largest, and most prestigious of these is the 'House of Flying Daggers', which is growing ever more powerful under a mysterious new leader. Two local captains, Leo and Jin are ordered to capture the new leader and the two hatch an elaborate plan. Captain Jin will pretend to be a lone warrior called Wind and rescue the beautiful, blind revolutionary Mei, from prison, earning her trust and escorting her to the secret headquarters of the House of Flying Daggers. The plan works, but to their surprise, Jin and Mei fall deeply in love on their long journey to the House. Danger lurks in the forest surrounding them, and the wind is still, as if sensing the tension in the air. What lies ahead for Jin and Mei, these star-crossed lovers? If this is true love, then why are there plots in their heads...and secrets in their hearts?

Credits

YIMOU Zhang - Director
YIMOU Zhang - Screenplay
LI Feng - Screenplay
WANG Bin - Screenplay
ZHAO Xiaoding - Director of Photography
HUO Tingxiao - Set Designer
Shigeru UMEBAYASHI - Music
CHENG Long - Film Editor

Actors

Contacts and useful links

Production

ELITE GROUP (2003) ENTERPRISES INC. - 1212 Tower II, Admiralty Centre - 18 Harcourt Road - Hong Kong - CHINE - T : 852 2529 3898 - F : 852 2529 5339 - yeungalice@edkofilm.com.hk

Distribution

UIP - 1 rue Meyerbeer - 75009 Paris - FRANCE - T : 33 (0)1 40 07 38 40 - F : 33 (0)1 40 07 38 39 - camille_trumer@uip.com

French press

Jean-Pierre VINCENT, Sophie SALEYRON - 12 rue Paul Baudey - 75008 Paris - FRANCE - T : 33 (0)1 42 25 23 80 - F : 33 (0)1 42 89 54 34 - vincejp@club-internet.fr

International press

PREMIER PR - Pamela GODWIN-AUSTEN - 8899 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 412 - CALIFORNIA - ETATS-UNIS - T : 1 310 285 7050 - F : 1 310 285 7055 - pamela@premierpr.net

Foreign sales

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