Mural (simplified Chinese: 画壁; traditional Chinese: 畫壁; pinyin: Huà Bì; Jyutping: Waa6 Bik1) is a 2011 Chinese film co-written, co-produced and directed by Gordon Chan, which stars Deng Chao, Sun Li, Yan Ni, Collin Chou, Zheng Shuang and Eric Tsang.[1] It is directed by the same director who directed Painted Skin (2008). Both stories are drawn from Pu Songling's (1640–1715) collection of supernatural tales Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.[2]
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Directed by | Gordon Chan |
Screenplay by | Gordon Chan Frankie Tam Maria Wong Lau Ho Leung |
Based on | Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio by Pu Songling |
Produced by | Abe Kwong Gordon Chan |
Starring | Deng Chao Sun Li Yan Ni Collin Chou Zheng Shuang Eric Tsang |
Cinematography | Mark Lee |
Edited by | Chan Kei Hop |
Music by | Fujiwara Ikuro |
Production companies | Beijing Enlight Pictures Top Gun Productions Anhui Television |
Distributed by | Beijing Enlight Pictures (China) Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (Hong Kong) |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Countries | China Hong Kong |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | 185 million RMB |
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Mural tells the story of Zhu Xiaolian, a poor scholar who travels to the capital to take an examination accompanied by his servant. Along the way they capture a thief. The thief, trying to escape, enters a temple.
While taking a break Zhu becomes distracted by a mural and enters into the fantasy land of fairies. He meets the fairies and encounters love and hate. Due to the strict regulations of no man being allowed in the fairy land created by the queen fairy, a war breaks out to drive the men away.
The title song for the movie is also named "Mural". The singers are Deng Chao and Betty Sun.[citation needed]
Zheng Shuang won the Best New Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Award for her performance.[3]
Deng Chao and Betty Sun who played the roles of hero and heroine in the movie was in fact married in 2010, shortly before the movie was filmed. The couple's first child was born in 2011, shortly after the movie was released.
All of the fairies are named after flowers. Shaoyao is Chinese peony. Mudan is rock peony. Ding Xiang is cloves.
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