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the grandmaster

ORIGINAL TITLE

Yut doi jung si (Yi dai zong shi) (Yidai zongshi) (The Grandmasters) (The Grandmaster)

YEAR

2013	Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME

130 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Wong Kar-Wai

SCREENWRITER

Wong Kar-Wai, Xu Haofeng, Zou Jinzhi (Story: Wong Kar-Wai)

COMPOSER

Shigeru Umebayashi

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Philippe Le Sourd

CAST

Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Benshan, Chang Chen, Brigitte Lin, Zhang Jin, Song Hye-kyo, Wang Qingxiang, Cung Le, Lo Hoi-pang, Liu Xun, Leung Siu Lung, Julian Cheung Chi-lam

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Co-production China-Hong Kong; Block 2 Pictures / Jet Tone Production / Sil-Metropole Organisation / Annapurna Pictures

AWARDS

2013: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection - Out of Competition

GENRE

Drama. Action | Biography. Martial arts. The 30s. The 40s. The 50s

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.

PRO REVIEWS

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The first reviews from film critics in China about the film are very good ones, saying that the film has the former Wong Kar-Wai style and what action and martial art fans can expect [information from the WSJ correspondant in Asia]. (FILMAFFINITY)
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"Wong Kar Wai exceeds expectations with 'The Grandmaster,' (...) Boasting one of the most propulsive yet ethereal realizations of authentic martial arts onscreen, as well as a merging of physicality and philosophy not attained in Chinese cinema since King Hu's masterpieces" (Maggie Lee: Variety)

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"Is less Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and much more a study of ideas and textures (...) The rewards, however, are considerable: the discipline of the genre seem to have channelled Wong's flair for image-making away from the self-involved blind alleys his last few films have taken him up; The Grandmaster is something pretty special." (Andrew Pulver: The Guardian)

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