Winner of the Tiger Award and the International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) at the 1995 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Second film for He Jianjun who, under the pseudonym He Yi, marked his feature directorial debut with "Red Beads" (China/1993), prior to being banned by Chinese government authorities from any further involvement in filmmaking.
Shown at Los Angeles (UCLA) Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival May 26 - June 4, 1995.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 17 - April 2, 1995.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (in competition) January 25 - February 5, 1995.
color
dialogue Mandarin
subtitled English