The Deserted Inn
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- Movie: The Deserted Inn
- Chinese: 荒村客栈 (Huang Cun Ke Zhan)
- Director: Jing Zhang
- Writer: Jing Zhang
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: August 15, 2008
- Runtime: 106 min.
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China
Plot
Based on the novel “Huang Cun”, in this thriller Kenny Kwan stars as a music composer Meng Fan, whose career has hit rock bottom when he’s unable to come up with another surefire hit after “Sorry I love you”, which launched his career a few years back. He has also just split up with his long time girlfriend, HE Ying when she pressures him to get married. One day when surfing the internet, he comes across an old town named “Huang Cun”, which has picturesque scene of golden flowers and bamboo forest, as well as a a local inn aptly named “The Deserted Inn” with the legend of a beauty called “Rouge”. In an attempt to take his mind off his problems and seek inpiration to write the next hit song he sorely needs, he sets out for a journet to “The deserted inn”. Upon checking into the inn, MENG Fan encounters a series of strange events - he hears Rouge’s singing every night and sometimes sees strange people wearing traditional Ming dynasty clothes on the street corners vanishing in just a blink. He is having nightmares that push him to the verge of a nervous breakdown, until he unveils the hidden past of the innkeeper…
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tasha Says:
May 05 2011 11:55 pm
I watched the film yesterday here in Greece. I can say its worth a watch especially as one cannot really predict the ending. The photography was quite good with the sounds of the film making it come to life and the acting of the "inn keeper" is excellent, portraying an array of emotions from happiness to going crazy. The only drawback was the Greek subtitling that didnt do the film any justice there were times that I had to guess what was going on based on the emotions of the actors. I was very touched by some scenes showing the emotional state of the girlfriend together with some of her lines. I can describe them as "painting as painting a picture of her feelings". You will not regret watching this!