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Zhang Ming

Zhang Ming

Directing

Biography

Zhang Ming (Chinese: 章明) was born in Chongqing in 1961. He is an established director and writer, and a professor in the Department of Directing at Beijing Film Academy. He finished his debut In Expectation in 1996, which premiered at the Berlinale. It won prizes at various international film festivals including Pusan, Vancouver, and Torino. In 2001, he directed the film Weekend Plot , which was invited to screen at festivals in Tokyo, Pusan, Berlin, and Rotterdam, among others. His subsequent films include Before Born (2005), The Father (2006), The Bride (2008), Folk Songs Singing(2011), China Affair (2013) and The Pluto Moment (2018). He is regarded as one of the Sixth Generation of Chinese directors, alongside Jia Zhangke and Lou Ye.

Known For

The Pluto Moment
6.2

Loosely based on The Tale of Darkness, a traditional song of mourning, the film follows Wang Zhun, a director in search of inspiration for his new script, as he embarks on an unpredictable trek across China’s remote Shennongjia mountains in Hubei province with an urbane producer, Ding Hongmei; a young actor named Bai; and his loyal photographer, Du Chun. The journey delivers a relentless series of unexpected physical hardships and subtle emotional ebbs and flows on the protagonists.

The Pluto Moment

2018
Hot Soup
4.5

Contemporary Shanghai. Four women are pursuing happiness in their lives. Their stories intertwine, as if they were those of a single person. A young executive argues with her fiancé about starting a family. A PhD student clashes with her professor about her thesis about happiness. A teenager fails to find the perfect boyfriend who meets her father's expectations. A young woman dreaming of the US is stuck in a cab with the cabdriver in love with her. The respected director, winner of multiple awards at major international festivals, returns with an intricately structured story about the search for happiness.

Hot Soup

2020
Weekend Plot
5.7

Six young urbanites who haven't seen each other for four years spend the weekend together on the banks of the Yangzhe river to escape the hustle and bustle of Beijing city. However, even the solitude of their surroundings cannot stop old tensions from resurfacing between some of the characters. The air becomes especially charged when a friend of the six shows up without invitation. Now married and working as a policeman in a small town near Yangzhe river, the young man pines for Xiaobei, his old high school flame and one of the women in the group. But, the policeman's presence triggers feelings of jealousy in Xiaobei's fiance, leading to a troubling twist at the end.

Weekend Plot

2001
Rainclouds Over Wushan
5.0

A policeman investigates an introverted signal-station manager suspected of raping a hotel clerk.

Rainclouds Over Wushan

1996
The Bride
5.0

Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming,

The Bride

2009
Before Born
7.6

Huang is a taciturn detective, hired to catch the elusive Li Chonggao in an illicit tryst. Having failed that, he placates himself by collecting evidence: taking pictures of a rumpled bed or attempting to question the locals. When he meets the stunning Yu Ran, he suspects she may be the key to capturing Li, but she has secrets of her own.

Before Born

2006
China Affair
N/A

Can two completely different cultures truly connect? Can two people from completely different worlds find love? These are some of the questions raised in 'China Affair.' A Chinese movie filmed from a non-Chinese perspective, 'China Affair' is a complex narrative laced with barbed satire, which allows for a fresh perspective unseen in other movies that touch upon the cultural gap between America and China. At first glance, Director Zhang Ming is simply bringing cultural differences to life through the eyes of a foreigner named Lucas, but actually Zhang Ming's 'China Affair' is a story about difficult relationships that reflects on larger issues facing an increasingly intercultural world.

China Affair

2012
Cherry Goddess
N/A

Liu Qiang, a farmer from Zhangpo Village, joins a TV blind date program to promote local cherries and meets Zhang Linjie, a graduate who makes a lasting impression. Their connection sparks a journey that brings them together to help build a new countryside.

Cherry Goddess

2014
Folk Songs Singing
N/A

Liu Xiaoyang, passionate about music, is tutored by Feng Gang, and they develop feelings for each other. After graduation, Xiaoyang returns home, where her parents want her to be with childhood friend Zhang Xuefeng, but she rejects their wishes, caught between her past and present.

Folk Songs Singing

2011
Springtime in Wushan
N/A

Zhang Ming went back to his hometown Wushan to record the last images before it being changed forever by the upcoming Three Gorges Dam.

Springtime in Wushan

2003
The Love Dog
7.0

Originally conceived as the film for government propaganda but couldn't pass the censorship. Five punks found Dong Jianguo, a millionaire wearing the dog chain being trapped in the trunk. They kidnapped the millionaire and started to konw the love story between Dong Jianguo and a woman called Bobo.

The Love Dog

2009
Sex and Crime
1.0

Seven people were kidnapped by the murderer and were in a secret room. The murderer asked the seven of them to guess why they were kidnapped, otherwise they would kill one person every ten minutes.

Sex and Crime

2013
Aunt
N/A

Zhang Ming went back to hometown to visit his aunt.

Aunt

2004
The Administrator Father
N/A

Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming.

The Administrator Father

2007
Good Night Chongqing
N/A

Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming.

Good Night Chongqing

2001
The Fly
N/A

Some memories from a painter.

The Fly

2009