Shi mian mai fu (2004)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

Yimou Zhang

Escritores:

Feng Li (writer)
Bin Wang (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 enero 2005 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Aventura | Drama | Fantasía | Romance

Plot:

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Plot Keywords:

China | Police | Dancer | Warrior | Blind

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 36 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A feast for the senses, a fully satisfying cinematic experience.

Reparto

Takeshi Kaneshiro	...	Jin
Andy Lau	...	Leo
Ziyi Zhang	...	Xiao Mei (as Zhang Ziyi)
Dandan Song	...	Yee
Hongfei Zhao	...	Performer
Jun Guo	...	Performer
Shu Zhang	...	Performer
Jiusheng Wang	...	Performer
Zhengyong Zhang	...	Performer
Yongxin Wang	...	Performer
Dong Liu	...	Performer
Qi Zi	...	Performer
Xuedong Qu	...	Performer
Liping Tian	...	Performer
Hongwei Zhao	...	Performer

También conocida como:

Attack from Ten Directions (International: English title) (literal title)
House of Flying Daggers (International: English title)
La casa de las dagas voladoras (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of stylized martial arts violence, and some sexuality.

Duración:

119 min | Australia:118 min

País:

China | Hong Kong

Idioma:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Iceland:14 | France:U | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15A (original rating) | Ireland:15 (video rating) (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 (cut) | USA:PG-13 | Mexico:B

Locaciones de Filmación:

Beijing, China

Compañía:

Beijing New Picture Film Co.

Trivialidades:

The literal English translation of the Chinese title is "Ambushed From Ten Directions".

Errores:

Errores en Geografía: Most of the trees are silver birch which is not native to China, but is from Europe (this movie was made in Ukraine).

Citas:

Leo: [referring to Jin] I sacrificed three years for you. How could you love him after only three days?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Beauty Song (Jia Ren Qu)

A feast for the senses, a fully satisfying cinematic experience.

Shi Mian Mai Fu belongs to a growing body of work that embodies a clearly Asian aesthetic packaged just as clearly for Western consumption. It is no coincidence that, each time I paused the DVD for whatever reason, the still image on the screen was as beautiful as any classic wood block print by Hiroshige or Hokusai. Xiaoding Zhao's elegant cinematography imbues every scene with haunting beauty. Think Tak Fujimoto times ten, with no disrespect meant to Fujimoto, who shoots Western movies and still manages to inject his refined visual sense into such great films as Silence of the Lambs and Sixth Sense.

Director Yimou Zhang's work in Hero was more epic, more heroic, but SMMF has a more refined sense of story. The cast, the scenery, the music, including vocal performances by the legendary Kathleen Battle; all elements conspire brilliantly to convey subtle and nuanced meaning in moments. The story, as do all good stories of this genre, revolves around a delicate interplay of love, betrayal, deception and heroism of many different kinds, and, oh yes, those stunning ballets of combat layered with evocative sounds and effects.

In a nutshell, the plot goes something like this. A beautiful blind showgirl is captured as a spy. Her captors conspire to trick her into leading them to her leader. Along the way, both hunter and quarry become entangled in a web of subterfuge and deception. Add in a beautifully tragic romantic story line, again, as all such movies must have, and never forget that the essence of all truly great tragedy is inevitability.

This movie is also known as Ambush From Ten Sides, and in that more literal translation of its title you will find its essence. A worthy successor to Hero, though not as magnificent as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, in which Ziyi Zhang gives the performance of a lifetime and the one against all her other roles will be judged, and in this case, fall short, House of Flying Daggars is nevertheless a feast for the senses and a fully satisfying cinematic experience.