Shun li also is befriended by lian wang yuan, a quiet chinese woman who goes off on her own to do tai chi by the water. Bepi, a slavic fisherman, nicknamed the poet by his friends, has been a regular at that. Shun li and the poet meaford international film festival. She is transferred to work at a pub, where she meets bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. Shun li works in a textile factory in the outskirts of rome in order to get her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. Chinese illegal immigrant shun li works in a textile factory in the suburbs of rome in order to secure her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. Bepi, on the other hand, is an old retired fisherman and amateur poet who left yugoslavia for the little laguna town of chioggia thirtyfive years. Shun li and the poet io sono li 2011 traileraddict. Though lonely at first, she meets bepi, a slavic fisherman, nicknamed the poet, who befriends her. There are currently seven videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below.
Shun li and the poet rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. We invite you to discover the offer of videoondemand vod platforms available in your country by selecting any of the below listed films. The tender friendship between a beautiful chinese immigrant and a handsome old fisherman is threatened by rumors in a small ventian town. Andrea segres intimate drama tells the story of shun li, a chinese immigrant forced to move from. New bern 800 college court new bern nc 28562 252 6387200 havelock 305 cunningham blvd. Shun li, as it turns out, comes from a long line of fishermen ancestors, plus bepi originally came from a communist country yugoslavia. In spite of language barriers, segre managed to put together a believable cast, which comprises experienced actors of international fame. Shun li and the poet 2011 directed by andrea segre. Tao zhao and rade serbedzija are impressive as the oddly matched pairing in. She is suddenly transferred to chioggia, a small cityisland in the veneto lagoon. Filmmaker andre segre tells the story of one woman, shun li, and the fisherman, bepi, who befriends her.
Italian documentary filmmaker andrea segres first fiction feature is about the story of a special and disapproved of friendship between bepi, an old fisherman of slavic origin whom people called the poet croat actor rade sherbedgia, and shun li, young and meek chinese bar. In her reading and discussion, poet alexis pauline gumbs shared from her extraordinary recent. Oct 31, 2012 shun li and bepi do not feel passion in the ordinary sense. It also took out the 2014 whitehead award at the th annual international film festival. If you like shun li and the poet you are looking for touching, atmospheric and gloomy movies about with friendship, village, friends, misfit, poet, life is a bitch and. Oct 01, 2012 shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her.
Rent shun li and the poet 2011 starring tao zhao and rade serbedzija on dvd and bluray. Shun li and the poet china 2011 shun li and the poet movie postershun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker who brought her from china to italy. Rade serbedzija is the grizzled yugoslavian fishermancumpoet who recognises a kindred spirit, similarly estranged from their. Shun li zhao tao is a thirtysomething single mother from china who has. Shun li and bepi do not feel passion in the ordinary sense. Media in category io sono li the following 28 files are in this category, out of. They have found kindred souls and are linked by their regard for poetry. The th annual san diego asian film festival 2012 november 19 shun li and the poet many recent european films have chronicled the social and personal consequences of the recent wave of. Shun li, a young chinese woman who works in a textile factory on the outskirts of rome, is one day transferred to chioggia, near venice, to work as a waitress in a cafe frequented by a number of elderly fishermen, including bepi known as the poet, a yugoslav immigrant who arrived 30 years previously. Shun li and the poet is a more thoughtful and refreshing romantic film. Zhao tao, best known as the chinese star of movies by jia zhangke, plays shun li, a reserved and unhappy young. The festival takes place from the 1st to the 31st of december. This enables you to watch the video without an internet connection.
Shun li and the poet dvd santa clara county library. If downloading is available, you can download the video to two locations. Io sono li translated for the international audience as shun li and the poet by andrea segre is based on a true story and it is in part inspired by the filmmakers personal experience in his native veneto. Jun 21, 20 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing shun li and the poet near you. Io sono li tackles issues such as racism and the closemindedness of small communities, alongside motherhood, poetry, the difficulties of immigration, with a respectful and wonderfully poetic directorial touch.
Io sono li aka shun li and the poet or li and the poet earned zhao tao best actress honors at the 2012 david di donatello awards. Shun li unimmigrata cinese che lavora a roma in una fabbrica tessile facendo molto pi del necessario per. Zhao tao won the 2012 david di donatello for best actress for her performance as shun li. Shun li and the poet io sono li film european film. Search results for shun li and the poet dvd netflix. Focus on io sono li shun li and the poet lux prize. However, their main bond is that shun li is a devout believer in celebrating the soul of qu yuan, the foremost poet of chines tradition. Shun li and the poet due to covid19, the little is temporarily closed read our statement, consider becoming a member or donating, and check our blog for updates. He and the gentle shun li bond, sharing a love of poetry, both being from families of fishermen, and both are foreigners bepi is slavic.
A tender, delicate friendship grows between shun li and bepi. She then moves to chioggia, a small cityisland in the venetian lagoon, to work as a waitress. A tender friendship grows between shun li and bepi. Io sono li shun li and the poet june 20, 2017 showtime. Shun li and the poet tells the story of the romantic and difficult friendship between a young immigrant chinese woman and a fisherman of slavic origin, on an island in the venetian lagoon, which is undergoing a period of economic and social change. Winner of the lux prize and official selection at the venice film festival, shun li and the poet io sono li is directed by andrea segre out on 21 june in cinemas. If you like shun li and the poet you are looking for touching, atmospheric and gloomy movies about with friendship, village, friends, misfit, poet, life is a bitch and exile themes of drama genre shot in italy or france. Bepi, a slavic fisherman, nicknamed the poet by his friends, has been a regular at that little pub for years. Would you like to know where to watch the lux prize finalist films in europe online. Cultural metamorphoses in contemporary italian cinema by.
To view pdf files you may need to download adobe reader. Io sono li shun li and the poet the fundy film society. She has been working eight years to get the necessary documentation and to. Shun li works in a textile factory in the outskirts of rome, in order to get her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. Brought to italy by a broker who shes slowly paying off while saving money to bring across her son, shun li zhao tao, jia zhangkes muse in platform and the world is sent from her factory job to a bar in chioggia, a small island in the veneto lagoon.
Intervista esclusiva ad andrea segre per io sono li. Li and the poet in the lyrical opening shot of li and the poet, lit candles drift over a dark expanse of water, as voiceover explains the chinese tradition of floating lanterns on rivers to. Bepis nickname is poet, and shun li tells him of chinas greatest poet, qu yuan, whose birthday is observed every year by floating candles on water. Io sono li shun li and the poet is one of the films of the official selection of the lux film prize 2012.
She has been working eight years to get the necessary documentation and to save enough money to bring her young son to join her. Sep 08 honeywell gray bookpdf, 2011video embeddedio sono li1 andrea segre, italia engineering science n1 question papers and memos pdf, 2011 duration. Shun li and the poet io sono li 2011 films released. Shun li and the poet is beautifully directed by andrea segre who makes the most of watery images in visual poems which serve as transitions from one scene to another.
A love story is formed when a slavic fisherman happens to meet a chinese barmaid and the two strike up a friendship. Cinema little italy presents the firehouse museum series first saturday of each month october through may the firehouse series screens the first saturday night of each month october through may. Beautifully interpreted by zhao tao, the muse of jia zhange, and the croatian actor rade serbedzija, remembered in eyes wide shut by stanley kubrick, shun li and the poet is a social melodrama which prevails off the beaten track of italian contemporary cinema. Download shun li and the poet 2011 full movie hd video. Watch shun li and the poet online 2011 movie yidio. Shenli lee is best known for her parenting website, figur8 nurture for the future. The story focuses on shun li tao zhao, who worked in a textile factory at the films beginning strides, but who moves from china to italy with the help of a broker who managed to get her to come into italy.
She is suddenly transferred to chioggia, a small cityisland in the veneto lagoon, to work as a bartender in a pub. Andrea segres intimate drama tells the story of shun li, a chinese immigrant forced to move from rome in order to work in a bar on a small island in the veneto lagoon. The poet robert bridges knew that, when it comes to language, value judgments are crucial. The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including bepi, a handsome old slav immigrant nicknamed the poet. In merely a coincidental set of circumstances, andrea segres shun li and the poet arrives in uk cinemas on the very same day as like someone in love. Shun li and the poet is the tale of the tender friendship between shun li, a chinese immigrant who works as a waitress in a tavern to save enough money for her son to join her in italy, and bepi, called the poet by his friends, an aging croatian fisherman who refuses to leave the place where hes lived for 30 years to go live with his son. Les grignoux dossiers pedagogiques cinema et education. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Giuseppe battiston in io sono li 2011 tao zhao in io sono li 2011 io sono li 2011. Io sono li relates the romantic and difficult friendship between a chinese immigrant and an old fisherman, on an island of the venetian lagoon facing economic changes. When you hear that shun li and the poet concerns the experiences of a chinese immigrant in contemporary italy, you will almost certainly prepare yourself for a litany of atrocities. A terrific example of the things that can be achieved when an unremarkable story is infused with rich performances and unwavering emotional warmth, andrea segres shun li and the poet is a film contagiously fond of its titular characters. Io sono li shun li and the poet andrea segre directed his first fulllength drama after a career in documentary filmmaking. She is suddenly transferred to work as a bartender at a pub in a small town along the venetian lagoon.
Rent shun li and the poet 2011 on dvd and bluray netflix. In merely a coincidental set of circumstances, andrea segres shun li and the poet arrives in uk cinemas on. Jun 20, 20 bepi is a poet too, and an immigrant into the bargain. Garners modern english usage adobe support community. Shun li and the poet by andrea segre overdrive rakuten.
But, theres european cinema to discover throughout the year. Shun li and the poet film society of lincoln center. Io sono li shun li and the poet 20 rotten tomatoes. This book focuses on four films produced between 2007 and 20, specifically io sono li shun li and the poet, 2011, giorni e nuvole days and clouds, 2007, pranzo di ferragosto midaugust lunch, 2008, and viaggio sola a five star life, 20, examining a slice of contemporary italian cinema to highlight specific socioeconomic changes. Shun li and the poet film first feature io sono li. After working in a textile factory in the suburbs of rome, shun li moves to the small. Io sono li shun li and the poet rochester italian film.
Io sono li shun li and the poet 2011 by andrea segre narrates the friendship between a chinese bartender and a local fisherman within the close environment of the venetian lagoon. Two outsiders become unlikely friends in this drama from filmmaker andrea segre. Andrea segres intimate drama tells the story of shun li, a chinese immigrant forced to move. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship, a bond that had once transcended two very different, yet not at all distant cultures.
Io sono li is a 2011 italian drama film directed by andrea segre. Zhao tao, best known as the chinese star of movies by jia zhangke, plays shun li, a reserved and unhappy young woman who has been transported to italy by her. Shun li is a young chinese woman who has succeeded in emigrating to italy, without her son whom she sorely misses but with a debt to pay back to the illegal network that helped her to get there. Shun li works in a textile factory near rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from china to italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Shun li tao shao and the poet rade serbedzija, two hard working immigrants in italy one from china, the other from yugoslavia become friends and support each other as they cope with the loneliness of being an outsider in italy. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Mother of two boys, lee believes in a holistic approach to education that develops the whole child in heart, mind and body. Shun li and the poet is a detailed examination of an encounter between different cultures and portrays normally hidden realities. Shun li works in a textile factory on the outskirts of rome in order to get her papers and enable her eightyearold son to come to italy. Sep 23, 2011 shun li is a young chinese woman who has succeeded in emigrating to italy, without her son whom she sorely misses but with a debt to pay back to the illegal network that helped her to get there. Shun li and the poet io sono li by andrea segre artekino festival. Shun li is a single mother working to pay off chinese gangsters who helped her emigrate to italy and are holding her young boy in china as shun li and the poet more. The ancient poetry of qu yuan is used in the film shun li and the poet to examine a very modern phenomenon. Shun li and the poet io sono li 2011 films released 2000 2019.
There she strikes up a friendship with bepi, a fisherman nicknamed the poet. Oct 01, 2012 the th annual san diego asian film festival 2012 november 19 shun li and the poet many recent european films have chronicled the social and personal consequences of the recent wave of. But it is the relationship between bepi and shun li that. Video archive for the film shun li and the poet io sono li, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2011. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
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