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Before Born
Directed byZhang Ming
Written byQin Haiyan
Produced byYi Changhuan
StarringLiao Zhong
Huang Guangliang
Xu Baihui
Huang Lu
Huang Xiaxi
CinematographyXu Wei
Edited byBao Xiaowei
Music byWen Zi
Release date
  • January 5, 2006 (2006-01-05)
Running time
104 minutes
LanguageMandarin

Before Born (simplified Chinese: 结果; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: jiégǔo) is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming. Only Zhang's third film in a decade, Before Born is a surreal mystery about modern Chinese life that has garnered comparisons to L'avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni's classic 1960 film.[1] The film tells the story of a private detective, Huang Guangliang, hired to gather evidence of an affair by a man named Li Chonggao. When he arrives in the coastal city of Beihai in search of his target, he discovers that he has disappeared and instead meets an enigmatic young woman who is also looking for Li.

Before Born screened at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival as part of its Forum program.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Suchsland, Rüdiger (2006). "FIPRESCI - Festival Report - Berlin 06 - Asian films". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2009-09-15.