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Shanghai Triad
(Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao)
China - 1995
Directed by Zhang Yimou
A classic gangster movie set in 1930's Shanghai.
The story of a young woman's position as the girlfriend to a gangland "boss" and
a young country boy who is sent to the city to work for his gangster uncle.
The young boy is given the job
of caring for her. The
girlfriend, played by Gong Li, is as superficial and greedy as any American gun
moll, but her attitude is softened by the young boy's innocence.
Filmed on location in Shanghai, Zhang Yimou received a Golden Palm nomination from the Cannes Film Festival (1995). The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography(1996), and won both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Cinematography (1995). Also notable was a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film - China (1995).
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