Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Shanghai Rumba

PENG Xiao lian 2006 Chinese Fiction b/w & color 107min Chinese DCP
The third lm in Peng Xiaolian’s Shanghai Trilogy is based on a true story at the end of the golden age of Chinese cinema as the political turbulence of the late 1940s encroached. The beautiful Wanyu has married into a wealthy family but is irresistibly drawn into the world of the movies and to famous actor Ah Chuan.

Director

PENG Xiao lian

Born in 1953, PENG Xiao-lian graduated from Beijing Film Academy and from New York University. Her work has spanned narrative fiction, animation and documentary. Most recently, she has worked on a trilogy of films about the city of Shanghai, concluding with Shanghai Rumba.

PENG Xiao lian

Producer/ MEI Shao-kui

Director/ PENG Xiao-lian

Screenplay/ PENG Xiao-lian

Cinematographer/ LIN Jong

Editor/ YANG Shin-yu

Sound/ LU JIa-jin

Music/ PAN Guo-xing

Cast/ YUAN Quan, XIA Yu, GAO Xin

Shanghai Film Studio

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