张元 — Playwright (6)

Movie

DaDa's Dance (2009) Douban
★ 6.7 (9 ratings) director: 张元 actor: 李昕芸 / 李霄峰 …
other title: 达达 / 达达的秘密 …
家住武汉城区的达达(李昕芸 饰)是一个美丽自信的女孩,她可以随着音乐尽情起舞,全然不顾周遭诧异和误解的目光,特立独行的她俨然是古朴破旧的弄堂中一道靓丽甚至有些刺眼的风景线。她的妈妈(盖克 饰)含辛茹苦,结交的男朋友老陈却是一个靠女人吃饭的无赖,而且他对达达也心怀不轨。
偶然从老陈口中听说自己并非母亲的亲生女儿,达达的内心难以平复。她约上一直喜欢自己的邻居男孩赵野(李霄峰 饰),一起跑到浙江寻找达达的亲生父母。他们不放过任何希望,但是却始终未能得到半点收获。身心渐渐疲倦,两个年轻男女返回家中,殊不知等待他们的是怎样的命运……

Movie

I Love You (2002) Douban
★ 6.8 (62 ratings) director: 张元 actor: 徐静蕾 / 佟大为 …
other title: 我爱你
本片改编自王朔小说《过把瘾就死》。
杜小桔(徐静蕾)和王毅(佟大为)结婚后,相识、恋爱中被遮蔽在阴影里的问题全曝光在了阳光下。杜小桔认为爱情高于一切,婚姻更是爱情的立方级,“神经兮兮”地整日要王毅说“我爱你”,王毅认为爱情同请客吃饭没本质区别,结了婚爱情有或没有是一回事,最烦的事是张嘴对杜小桔说出“我爱你”。于是,杜小桔的吃醋和找茬成了一剂剂调节两人平淡婚姻生活的佐料,而她的反目和出走,则是不想让日子越流越成死水。

Movie

Beijing Flickers (2012) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
有种
★ 6.2 (11 ratings) director: 张元 actor: 段博文 / 李昕芸 …
other title: 有种
Beijing is happening these days, but not everyone is living the golden life. Dumped, fired, evicted and abandoned by everyone (including his dog), a down-on-his-luck man finds solace with a circle of equally ill-fated friends, in this touching and lighthearted drama from independent Chinese auteur Zhang Yuan (Beijing Bastards). (TIFF.)

Movie

Behind the Forbidden City (1996) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
東宮西宮
★ 6.6 (193 ratings) director: 张元 actor: 司汗 / 胡军 …
other title: 东宫西宫 / 東宮西宮 …
A young gay man, identified as a writer, encounters a local policeman, who arrests him for public cruising in a park. The policeman is more than professionally curious about the young man, who seems to have the cop's number and suddenly kisses him.

Movie

Little Red Flowers (2006) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
看上去很美
★ 7.7 (283 ratings) director: 张元 actor: 董博文 / 宁元元 …
other title: 看上去很美 / 小红花 …
Liang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. His father deposits him at a well-appointed residential kindergarten in post-1949 Beijing, since his parents are often away. Life at the kindergarten appears rich and colourful, made up of a variety of cheerfully sunny rituals and games meant to train these children to be good members of society.