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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八路军 八路軍 Bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大英 大英 Dà yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尼克松 尼克松 Ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974; surname Nixon Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 Hóng sè Niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周总理 周總理 Zhōu zǒng lǐ Premier Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 (1898-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雷锋 雷鋒 Léi Fēng Lei Feng (1940-1962), a soldier celebrated by the Chinese government from 1963 onward as a model of selflessness and devotion to the Communist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
共产党员 共產黨員 Gòng chǎn dǎng yuán Communist Party member Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日本鬼子 日本鬼子 Rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
游击队 游擊隊 yóu jī duì guerrilla band ∼HSK 4
好象 好象 hǎo xiàng variant of 好像 ∼HSK 4
肖 肖 Xiāo look like, resemble, be like ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
奸细 奸細 jiān xi a spy; a crafty person ∼HSK 4
大兵 大兵 dà bīng soldier; large army; powerful army; (old) large-scale war ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
反革命 反革命 fǎn gé mìng counterrevolutionary ∼HSK 4
阿尔巴尼亚 阿爾巴尼亞 Ā ěr bā ní yà Albania ∼HSK 4
勇士 勇士 yǒng shì a warrior; a brave person ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
电影导演 電影導演 diàn yǐng dǎo yǎn film director ∼HSK 4
安东尼 安東尼 Ān dōng ní Anthony (name) ∼HSK 4
引爆 引爆 yǐn bào to ignite; to detonate ∼HSK 4
玷污 玷汙 diàn wū to stain; to sully; to tarnish ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
占地方 佔地方 zhàn dì fang to take up space ∼HSK 4
梦中 夢中 mèng zhōng in a dream ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
黑沉沉 黑沉沉 hēi chén chén pitch-dark ∼HSK 4
地盘 地盤 dì pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
荡 蕩 dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
男厕 男廁 nán cè men's restroom; men's toilet ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
治好 治好 zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
纯真 純真 chún zhēn innocent and unaffected; pure and unadulterated ∼HSK 4
上厕所 上廁所 shàng cè suǒ to go to the bathroom ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
垃圾桶 垃圾桶 lā jī tǒng rubbish bin; trash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [lè sè tǒng] HSK 4
新郎 新郎 xīn láng bridegroom; groom HSK 4
阳台 陽臺 yáng tái balcony; porch HSK 4
幼儿园 幼兒園 yòu ér yuán kindergarten; nursery school HSK 4
严 嚴 yán tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father HSK 4