Electric Shadows

Electric Shadows 2005

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%

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Vocabulary

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tóng nián childhood HSK 4
zǒng premier; prime minister HSK 4
bǎo to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
zuò mèng to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream HSK 4
jiāng river HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
xīn niáng bride HSK 4
zháo to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
ā maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) HSK 4
xiǎo huǒ zi young man; young guy; lad; youngster HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
shàn liáng good and honest; kindhearted HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
jiē dào street; subdistrict; residential district HSK 4
guò fèn excessive; undue; overly HSK 4
shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
jīng energy HSK 4
jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson HSK 4
yùn qi luck (good or bad) HSK 4
péi yǎng to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) HSK 4
yáo to shake; to rock; to row; to crank HSK 4
zhàn shì fighter; soldier; warrior HSK 4
shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
nǎo dai head; skull; brains; mental capability HSK 4
huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
chū to attend; to participate; present HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
bèi jǐng background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer HSK 4
fàng sōng to relax; to slacken; to loosen HSK 4
a household; door; family HSK 4
ren lady; madam; Mrs. HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
to breathe HSK 4
to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant HSK 4
jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period HSK 4
biān to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
zhàn dòu to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
jiān period of time; time; time period; period HSK 4
xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
wěn dìng steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify HSK 4
mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4