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| name = The House |
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| director = [[Wang Xiaoshuai]] |
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| writer = [[Xiaolu Guo|Guo Xiaolu]]<br />[[Wang Bin]] |
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| starring = [[Fu Lili]]<br />[[Tao Zi]]<br />[[Yu Feihong]]<br />[[Zhao Tieren]] |
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| released = 1999 |
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| language = [[Mandarin (linguistics)|Mandarin Chinese]] |
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| imdb_id = 0833500 |
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| jianti = 梦幻田园 |
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| fanti = 夢幻田園 |
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| pinyin = Mèng hùan tián yúan |
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== October 2008 == |
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'''''The House''''' is a [[Chinese films of the 1990s|1999]] [[Cinema of China|Chinese film]] directed by [[Wang Xiaoshuai]]. It is rarely, if ever, screened abroad, and remains one of Wang Xiaoshuai's least well-known works outside of China. It is alternatively referred to as '''''Suburban Dreams''''', '''''Fantasy Garden''''' or '''''Dream House'''''.<ref name=SoC>{{cite web | url = |
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http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/wang.html | title = Wang Xiaoshuai| accessdate = 2007-12-17| author = Kochan, Dror|date= September, 2003 | publisher =Senses of Cinema}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dianying.com/en/title/mht2000|title=Dream House|publisher = Chinese Movie Database|accessdate=2007-12-17}}</ref> The film was produced by the [[Beijing Film Studio]] and the [[China Film Group]]. Wang Xiaoshuai himself considers it one of his most inconsequential efforts to date, to the extent that it has "sunk into oblivion."<ref>Berry, Michael (2005). "Wang Xiaoshuai: Banned in China" in [http://books.google.com/books?id=0PF21mv1vF0C ''Speaking in Images: Interviews With Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers''], p. 177. ISBN 0-2311-3330-8. Google Book Search. Retrieved 2008-10-05.</ref> |
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== Plot == |
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In contrast to Wang's previous films, ''The House'' is a family-[[comedy film|comedy]] that follows a young urban married couple as well as their friends, ex-girlfriends, and family. A young couple has recently purchased their dream house and are expecting a baby. One day, while his wife is out of the home, an ex-girlfriend arrives at the door drenched from rain. She had heard of his wife's pregnancy and had come only to sell the couple insurance. The husband, feeling sympathetic allows her to take a shower in his home. |
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Suddenly, his in-laws arrive at the home unexpectedly. The husband now has to find a way to get his ex-girlfriend out of the home without his in-laws noticing, and all before his wife returns home. |
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== Production == |
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''The House'' was, in essence, Wang Xiaoshuai's apology to the [[Beijing Film Studio]]. After financing his previous film, ''[[So Close to Paradise]]'', the studio was forced to wait for censors to approve the film for nearly four years, whereupon it was not even given a commercial release.<ref>Berry, pp. 177-78.</ref> Embarrassed that his friends at the studio had supported him for naught, Wang offered to direct a light comedy for the studio in an effort to recoup losses from the previous film.<ref name=B178>Berry, p. 178.</ref> |
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Despite the film's low-budget and simple story, shooting ''The House'' proved to be unusually difficult. For one thing, the film was plagued with equipment failure. None of the [[film camera]]s' lenses had been modulated correctly, resulting in the cameras being unable to focus through windows for external shots.<ref name=B178/> As a result of these problems, the shoot lasted twenty days, longer than had been anticipated.<ref name=B178/> More significantly, the shooting schedule fell on the hottest part of the year in Beijing. With temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius outside, and 45 degrees indoors, the shoot took a toll on both cast and crew.<ref name=B178/> |
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== Release == |
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Because of the film's non-controversial story, ''The House'' was easily approved by Chinese censors, in sharp contrast to Wang's earlier films from 1993's ''[[The Days (film)|The Days]]'' to 1997's ''[[Frozen (1997 film)|Frozen]]'', to 1998's ''So Close to Paradise''. Nevertheless, ''The House'' received only a limited screening with no promotion, for one week in Beijing.<ref name=B178/> Wang claimed that this was due to problems with other films, which affected a slew of Beijing Film Studio productions, including ''The House''.<ref>Berry, pp. 178-79.</ref> |
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== Cast == |
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*[[Fu Lili]] — Mrs. Lin |
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*[[Tao Zi]] — Xiao Xia |
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*[[You Yong]] — Wen Gang |
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*[[Yu Feihong]] — Lei An-an |
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*[[Zhao Tieren]] |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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*{{imdb title|id=0833500|title=The House}} |
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*[http://www.dianying.com/en/title/mht2000 ''The House''] at the Chinese Movie Database |
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{{Wang Xiaoshuai}} |
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[[Category:Chinese films]] |
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[[Category:1999 films]] |
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[[Category:1990s comedy films]] |
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[[Category:Mandarin-language films]] |
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