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Fei Mu is a Director and Writer born on 10 october 1906 at Shanghai (Chine)
Fei Mu (1906 - 1951) est un réalisateur chinois considéré comme un des plus importants du cinéma précédant la révolution communiste de 1949. Il est connu pour son style et ses drames en costume.
Ses autres films pour Lianhua dans les années 1930, comme Blood on Wolf Mountain, lui permettent d'être reconnu comme un cinéaste important.
Il tourne en 1948 son chef d'œuvre : Printemps dans une petite ville, dont Tian Zhuangzhuang fera un remake en 2002.
Après la révolution communiste, Fei tombe dans l'oubli et est rejeté par la critique, avant de mourir en 1951.
Sa réputation change au début des années 1980, quand le China Film Archive rouvre après la fermeture due à la Révolution culturelle. L'institution fait de nouvelles copies de Printemps dans une petite ville à partir du négatif original et offre un nouveau public au film. Ce dernier a été considéré comme un des plus grands films chinois de tous les temps par l'Association de critiques de film hongkongais.
Fei Mu est mort à Hong Kong en 1951.
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Fei Mu nait en 1906 à Shanghai. A 27 ans, il réalise son premier film : Night in the City, produit par Lianhua Film Company. Le film (aujourd'hui perdu) rencontre un succès populaire et critique.Ses autres films pour Lianhua dans les années 1930, comme Blood on Wolf Mountain, lui permettent d'être reconnu comme un cinéaste important.
Il tourne en 1948 son chef d'œuvre : Printemps dans une petite ville, dont Tian Zhuangzhuang fera un remake en 2002.
Après la révolution communiste, Fei tombe dans l'oubli et est rejeté par la critique, avant de mourir en 1951.
Sa réputation change au début des années 1980, quand le China Film Archive rouvre après la fermeture due à la Révolution culturelle. L'institution fait de nouvelles copies de Printemps dans une petite ville à partir du négatif original et offre un nouveau public au film. Ce dernier a été considéré comme un des plus grands films chinois de tous les temps par l'Association de critiques de film hongkongais.
Fei Mu est mort à Hong Kong en 1951.
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Spring in a Small Town (1948)
, 1h38Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Wei Wei
Rating72%
Taking place in a ruined family compound after the Sino-Japanese War, the film tells the story of the once prosperous Dai family. The husband and patriarch, Liyan (Shi Yu) is an invalid, and spends his days in the courtyard nostalgic for the past. His marriage to Yuwen (Wei Wei) has long been rendered loveless, though both still feel concern for the other. Liyan's young teenage sister Xiu (Zhang Hongmei), meanwhile, is too young to remember the past, and stays cheerful and playful in the ruins of her home. Lao Huang (Cui Chaoming) is an old faithful servant of the Dai family.
Remorse at Death (1948)
Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mei Lanfang
Rating60%
Blood on Wolf Mountain (1936)
, 1h10Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Li Lili
Rating65%
The film tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Though the symbolism was clear, the Japanese themselves refused to acknowledge that they could be represented by blood-thirsty wolves.
Song of China (1935)
, 1h5Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama
Actors Zheng Junli
Rating63%
A young man (Zheng Junli) returns home to see his elderly father before the latter dies. The father tells his son to extend the love he feels for his family to the greater good. The young man tries to teach the same principles to his children, who instead run off to the city to enjoy the city.
Chengshi zhi ye (1933)
, 1h5Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama
Actors Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan
The film tells the story of a poor family living in China's slums. The daughter, played by Ruan Lingyu, is forced to work at the docks. When it is learned that the slum's landlord is preparing to demolish the entire tenement, the daughter is forced to give up her body to her landlord's son in exchange for a delay in construction. By the end of the film, the daughter, her family, and the landlord's son all leave the city for what they hope will be a better life in the country.
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Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
, 1h56Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Roles Writer
Rating68%
The film follows Fei Mu's original fairly closely. Zhang Zhichen (Xin Baiqing), a city doctor, comes to visit his old friend from school Dai Liyan (Wu Jun) shortly after the war against the Japanese has ended. Dai is sickly although Zhang suspects it to be mainly a case of hypochondria. While visiting, he meets Liyan's wife, Yuwen (Hu Jingfan) and Liyan's young teenage sister Dai Xiu (Lu Sisi).
Blood on Wolf Mountain (1936)
, 1h10Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Li Lili
Rating65%
The film tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Though the symbolism was clear, the Japanese themselves refused to acknowledge that they could be represented by blood-thirsty wolves.
Chengshi zhi ye (1933)
, 1h5Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama
Actors Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan
Roles Writer
The film tells the story of a poor family living in China's slums. The daughter, played by Ruan Lingyu, is forced to work at the docks. When it is learned that the slum's landlord is preparing to demolish the entire tenement, the daughter is forced to give up her body to her landlord's son in exchange for a delay in construction. By the end of the film, the daughter, her family, and the landlord's son all leave the city for what they hope will be a better life in the country.