Fortune Teller

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Movie: Fortune Teller
Chinese: 算命
Director: Tong Xu
Writer:
Producer:
Cinematographer: Tong Xu
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Runtime: 183min.
Language: Mandarin
Country: China

Plot

Li Baicheng is a traditional Chinese fortune teller. He lives in a village not far from Beijing with his wife Little Pearl, a deaf and dumb woman who has the mental age of a child. Li takes gentle, patient care of her after rescuing her from her own family's mistreatment. Li himself is a charismatic gnome of a man, stooped and tiny, with an irresistible sparkle in his eyes. His clients seem largely to be sex workers in the town, who come to him for advice on careers, loves and even when and how they should change their names to improve their luck.

When police crackdowns threaten the livelihoods of both the prostitutes and the fortune tellers - who, as unlicensed workers, occupy similar positions in the social ecology of small town Chinese traditional culture - Li Baicheng and Little Pearl are forced to move to his hometown. -- Vancouver International Film Festival

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Film Festivals

2010 (4th) Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival - August 18-24 - Asian Competition *International Premiere
2010 (29th) Vancouver International Film Festival - Sept. 30-Oct. 15 - Dragons and Tigers *North American Premiere
2011 (40th) International Film Festival Rotterdam - January 26-Feb. 6 - Bright Future *European Premiere
2011 (13th) Taipei Film Festival - June 24 - July 16, 2011 - Panorama: Voices from Asia
2011 (15th) Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival - November 8-19, 2010 *Toronto Premiere

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Comment #1
Aruna Aiyana Says:
Jan 25 2012 12:56 pm

Exceptional movie --- I loved the woman who was severely disabled, and the man who married her had a true heart. But why did he need to go to brothel? I DID NOt like the man who compalined about the old sex workers. The attempted rape could have happened anywhere...My daugter has just arrived in China to work.....May the country find real progress. I say this with all my heart. Tlalegwa Ghee