A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
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- Movie: A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop / The First Gun / A Simple Noodle Stor
- Chinese: 三枪拍案惊奇 (San qiang pai an jing qi)
- Director: Yimou Zhang
- Writer: Jianquan Shi, Jing Shang
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: December 10, 2009
- Runtime:
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China
Plot
Set in a Chinese noodle shop in a sand dune-specked desert, the owner of the noodle shop’s seemingly simple plan to murder his adulterous wife and her lover quickly spins out of control after the introduction of a gun into the lives of characters more accustomed to knives and swords.
Notes
- "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" is a remake of the 1985 U.S. film "Blood Simple".
- Filmed in Gansu Province, in northwest China.
- Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the distribution rights for North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Trailer
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Film Festivals
- 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 11-21, 2010 - Competition
- 2010 (34th) Montreal World Film Festival - Aug. 26-Sept. 6, 2010 - Out of Competition
- 2010 (43rd) Sitges Film Festival - October 7-14, 2010 - Official Fantàstic in compettition
- 2010 (34th) Sao Paulo International Film Festival - October 22-November 4, 2010
- 2010 (25th) Mar del Plata Film Festival - November 13-21, 2010 - Panorama
