Electric Shadows

Electric Shadows 2005

电影往事 diànyǐng wǎngshì

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies.

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3.73 Beginner Director Jiang Xiao 🍅 73%

Cast

Xia Yu Xia Yu 毛大兵 Jiang Hongbo Jiang Hongbo Jiang Xue Hua Zhongyang Qi Zhongyang Qi 玲玲(青年) Guan Xiaotong Guan Xiaotong 玲玲(童年) Wang Zhengjia 毛小兵 Jiang Shan Jiang Shan 女警 Zhang Yijing 玲玲(少年) Li Haibin Li Haibin 潘大任 Niu Zhen-Hua Niu Zhen-Hua 医生 Haogi Zhang Bing Bing

Vocabulary

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喇叭 喇叭 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument; trumpet; suona 锁呐 HSK 7
通宵 通宵 tōng xiāo all night; throughout the night HSK 7
资本主义 資本主義 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism HSK 7
大片 大片 dà piàn wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie HSK 7
稀 稀 xī rare; uncommon; watery; sparse HSK 7
末日 末日 Mò rì Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology) HSK 7
打仗 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle; to go to war HSK 7
撒谎 撒謊 sā huǎng to tell lies HSK 7
打倒 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... ! HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
心爱 心愛 xīn ài beloved HSK 7
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
骗人 騙人 piàn rén to cheat sb; a scam HSK 7
漫 漫 màn free; unrestrained; to inundate HSK 7
瘾 癮 yǐn addiction; craving HSK 7
亲近 親近 qīn jìn intimate; to get close to HSK 7
终结 終結 zhōng jié end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth) HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
有机 有機 yǒu jī organic HSK 7
听话 聽話 tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
流血 流血 liú xuè to bleed; to shed blood HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
砖 磚 zhuān brick HSK 7
伴随 伴隨 bàn suí to accompany; to follow; to occur together with; concomitant HSK 7
隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth HSK 7
奔 奔 bēn to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope HSK 7
出手 出手 chū shǒu to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task HSK 7
倒霉 倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck; to be out of luck HSK 7
指望 指望 zhǐ wàng to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope HSK 7
影像 影像 yǐng xiàng image HSK 7
流氓 流氓 liú máng rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior HSK 7
姜 薑 jiāng ginger HSK 7
趴 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent HSK 7
开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job HSK 7
片子 片子 piān zi film; movie; film reel; phonograph record; X-ray image HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
拼命 拼命 pīn mìng to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it HSK 7
宁愿 寧願 nìng yuàn would rather ... (than ...) HSK 7
甜蜜 甜蜜 tián mì sweet; happy HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
缝 縫 féng to sew; to stitch HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
抛弃 拋棄 pāo qì to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
诱惑 誘惑 yòu huò to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7