Feng Shui 万箭穿心

China

Director: Wong Jing

Feng Shui was directed by Wong Jing and stars Yan Bingyan, Chen Gang, Jiao Gang. In the 1990s in the city of Wuhan, Li Baoli, a vendor on Hanzheng Street approaching her 40s, moves into a new home. Who would have thought that misfortune would follow hot on her heels, almost as if it could be foreseen. Her husband dies because he cannot bear the situation, and his son is full of resentment towards her because of this. But the obstinate Li Baojie decides to overcome the resentment and the pain, and resolves to go to the market and help others carry their goods on a shoulder pole as a way to make a living and send her son to school. This film comments on the vissicitudes of Yan Bingyan's "goods carrying" character Li Baojie and packs in the warmth of life, as well as its pain and helplessness.

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