In the summer of 1974, Xing-Yu (Shu Qi) meets and falls in love with a rebel, Si-Mong. A member of the Chinese People’s Army, her comrades immediately frown on their relationship. Her leader and childhood sweetheart, Yuan, then enlists her in a plan to betray Si-Mong in exchange for a discharge so she may return home to care for her sick father. Will Xing-Yu choose country and politics over love?

1.95GB | 1 h 39 min | 853×480 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9E4F42C86DB18B8/The.Foliage.2003.NTSC.DVDRip.AC3.x264-Doona.mkv
https://nitroflare.com/view/868C4D7F15BEA2F/Making.Of.mkv
https://nitroflare.com/view/4F04C8FE361EF76/Trailer.mkv

Language(s):Mandarin
Subtitles:English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional

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From the Chicago Reader
A watershed in the history of Chinese cinema, this first feature (1998) directed by Lu Yue–the remarkable cinematographer of Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl and several recent features of Zhang Yimou, including Shanghai Triad–is an eye-opening comedy about adultery in contemporary Shanghai. Much of the dialogue is improvised by the talented actors–Shi Jingming as the husband, a professor of traditional Chinese medicine; Zhang Zhihua as his factory-worker wife; and Chen Yinan as his mistress and former student–and both the shooting style and the emotional directness of the performances suggest the filmmaking of John Cassavetes. Though this is unquestionably one of the key films of the 90s from mainland China, it unaccountably disappeared from sight after winning the Golden Leopard at last year’s Locarno film festival, and as far as I know this is its first commercial run. Viewers requiring the validation of the New York Times or the New Yorker before making their cultural decisions will therefore have to take a pass on this, and it will be their tough luck.

Mr.Zhao.1998.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

General
Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 24mn
Size:	1.40 GiB
DXVA:	Compatible
Minimum settings:	Met
Video
Codec:	x264
Resolution:	710x406 ~> 710x443
Aspect ratio:	16:10
Frame rate:	23.976 fps
Bit rate:	2 091 Kbps
Audio
Chinese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/CB6D9720FBEC06E/Mr.Zhao.1998.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:Mandarin
Subtitles:English, Chinese

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