Fleeing by Night Movie Review 2000

Old-fashioned romantic melodrama set in 1930s China. A small town businessman owns a theater and invites a Beijing opera company to perform there. His naive daughter Wei Ing-er (Liu) is smitten by moody performer Lin Chung (Yin) as is (unexpectedly) her American-schooled fiance Hsu Shao-dung (Huang). But the twosome have a rival for Lin Chung's affections--the wealthy and jealous Huang Zilei (Tai), whose sexual interest is blatant. The dialogue is frequently florid (as probably befits the setting) and it's operatic soap all the way. Mandarin with subtitles.

Distribution

Strand Releasing, 1460 4th St., Ste. 302, Santa Monica, CA 90401, Phone: (310)395-5002, Fax: (310)395-2502, Email: strand@strandrel.com, URL: http://www.strandreleasing.com

Available on DVD
Running time 123 minutes.
Originally from Taiwanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Triangles, Gays, Opera, China, Period Piece: 1930s

Screenplay

Hui-Ling Wang, Ming-xia Wang

Cast

Rene Liu, Lei Huang, Chao-te Yin, Li-jen Tai, Ah-Leh Gua

Cinematography

Cheng-hui Tsai

Director

Li-Kong Hsu, Chi Yin

Music

Chris Babida

Other

Po-wen Chen, Jun Sung, Jien-hua Tzou

Producer

Li-Kong Hsu, Shi-hao Chang, China Film, Beijing Film Studio, Zoom Hunt International, Strand Releasing