The Shadow Play (Chinese: 风中有朵雨做的云; literally There's cloud made from rain in the wind) is a 2018 Chinese crime drama film directed by Lou Ye.[2] It made its world premiere at the 58th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in 2018.[3] The film was also shown in the Panorama section at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] It was released theatrically on April 4, 2019 in China.[5]

A Rain Cloud in the Sky (The Shadow Play)
Chinese	风中有朵雨做的云
Directed by	Lou Ye
Written by	Mei Feng Qiu Yujie Ma Jingli
Produced by	Chang Chia-lu Lou Ye Nai An Xu Le
Starring	Jing Boran Sandra Ma Qin Hao Song Jia Michelle Chen
Cinematography	Jake Pollock
Edited by	Zhu Lin
Music by	Jóhann Jóhannsson Jonas Colstrup
Production companies	Beijing Enlight Pictures Khorgos Youth Enlight Pictures Tianjin Cat Eye Micro Shadow Culture Media Croton Media Group Haining Hankun Film and Television Media Shanghai Qianyi Zhicheng Culture Media Hangzhou Xindingming Film and Television Investment Management
Distributed by	Beijing Enlight Media
Release dates	9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) (Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival) 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (China)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	China
Languages	Mandarin Cantonese
Box office	US$9,626,679[1]

Synopsis

Yang Jiadong, a naive rookie cop, witnesses the Chief of Construction Committee jumping to his death from a tall building. He immediately begins investigation, but was brutally dismissed from his job and pursued by unknown enemies. He escapes to Hong Kong, where meets the daughter of the deceased victim. With the help of Xiao Ruo, Yang Jiadong continues to seek for the truth, but finds himself falling into an entrapment of love.

Cast

• Jing Boran as Yang Jiadong
• Sandra Ma as Xiao Ruo
  • Sun Chenxi as Xiao Ruo (10-year-old)
  • Huang Kailu as Xiao Ruo (15-year-old)
• Song Jia as Lin Hui
• Qin Hao as Jiang Zicheng
• Michelle Chen as Lian Ahyun
• Zhang Songwen as Tang Yijie
• Edison Chen as Alex
• Cherry Ngan as bar girl
• Wang Weishen as Wang
• Shan Baozhong as Sun
• Leung Chi-lik as Chun
• Chen Weirong as Mr. Yang
• Luo Yimin as Stuntman
• Hu Ling as Ms Hu
• Herman Lau as Businessman

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• The Shadow Play at IMDb

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