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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帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
不好说 不好說 bù hǎo shuō hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say ∼HSK 1
妹子 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister; girl ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
大白 大白 dà bái to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com ∼HSK 1
天哪 天哪 tiān na good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
崽子 崽子 zǎi zi offspring of an animal; brat; bastard ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
几点 幾點 jǐ diǎn what time?; when? ∼HSK 1
开走 開走 kāi zǒu to go (of car, train etc); to drive off ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
穿衣 穿衣 chuān yī to put on clothes; to get dressed ∼HSK 1
大班 大班 dà bān tai-pan; business executive; foreign business manager; top class of kindergarten or school grade ∼HSK 1
看一看 看一看 kàn yī kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
就正 就正 jiù zhèng (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing) ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
差点没 差點沒 chà diǎn méi almost; nearly; (i.e. same as) ∼HSK 1
真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
西边 西邊 xī biān west; west side; western part; to the west of HSK 1
渴 渴 kě thirsty HSK 1
电影院 電影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema; movie theater HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
一点儿 一點兒 yī diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
电视机 電視機 diàn shì jī television set HSK 1
路口 路口 lù kǒu crossing; intersection (of roads) HSK 1
马路 馬路 mǎ lù street; road HSK 1
小朋友 小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child HSK 1
走路 走路 zǒu lù to walk; to go on foot HSK 1
车站 車站 chē zhàn rail station; bus stop HSK 1
外国 外國 wài guó foreign (country) HSK 1
中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
听见 聽見 tīng jiàn to hear HSK 1
火车 火車 huǒ chē train HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1