Saturday Fiction

2021 2h 8m ZH

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 32

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Synopsis

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It’s 1941, and China has become a wartime intelligence battlefield. Actor Jean Yu returns to Shanghai, ostensibly to appear in the play “Saturday Fiction,” directed by her former lover. But what is her true aim? To free her ex-husband? To gather intelligence for the Allied forces? To work for her adoptive father? Or to escape from war with her lover? As she embarks on her mission, with friends ever more difficult to distinguish from undercover agents, Jean Yu starts to question whether to reveal what she has learned about the imminent Pearl Harbor attack.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gong Li
Jean Yu
Mark Chao You-ting
Tan Na
Joe Odagiri
Furuya Saburo
Pascal Greggory
Frederic Hubert
Tom Wlaschiha
Saul Speyer
Huang Xiangli
Bai Yunshang
Ayumu Nakajima
Kajiwara
Wang Chuanjun
Mo Zhiyin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lou Ye
Writers: Ma Yingli
Languages: Japanese, French, Mandarin, English
Countries: China, Germany, Japan

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Japanese, French, Mandarin, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: China, Germany, Japan.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lou Ye, shot by Zeng Jian. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Feng Shan Yu Lin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Gong Li and Mark Chao You-ting and Joe Odagiri carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8499638 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lou Ye directs. Zeng Jian behind the camera. Feng Shan Yu Lin cuts. Produced in China, Germany, Japan. Dialogue in Japanese, French, Mandarin, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 5 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Japanese, French, Mandarin, English.
3International production across 3 countries: China, Germany, Japan.
4Directed by Lou Ye, shot by Zeng Jian. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Feng Shan Yu Lin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Gong Li and Mark Chao You-ting and Joe Odagiri carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt8499638 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.