Li Yu

Li Yu

Nacimiento : 1973-12-02, Shandong Province, China

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Li Yu (Chinese: 李玉, born December 2, 1973) is a female Chinese film director and screenwriter. Li began her career in entertainment at a young age, serving as a presenter at a local TV station. After college she worked for CCTV where she directed television programs before moving onto documentaries and, eventually, feature films.

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Li Yu
Li Yu

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The Fallen Bridge
Writer
When the Zhongnan Bridge suddenly collapses, a human skeleton emerges from the bridge pier. To trace the cause of her father's death, Wen Xiao Yu, the daughter of the deceased, is assisted by a boy who calls himself Meng Chao, and together they embark on a quest for truth and revenge. Gradually, they discover that Wen Xiao Yu's adoptive father Zhu Fang Zheng is hiding a shocking secret behind his death.
The Fallen Bridge
Director
When the Zhongnan Bridge suddenly collapses, a human skeleton emerges from the bridge pier. To trace the cause of her father's death, Wen Xiao Yu, the daughter of the deceased, is assisted by a boy who calls himself Meng Chao, and together they embark on a quest for truth and revenge. Gradually, they discover that Wen Xiao Yu's adoptive father Zhu Fang Zheng is hiding a shocking secret behind his death.
The Old Town Girls
Producer
High school girl living with her father and stepmother is visited by her biological mother, who left her soon after birth. They gradually reconcile, but the mother has a heavy debt. Emerging director's debut feature.
Tiger Robbers
Screenplay
Based on Kotaro Isaka's novel"Sunshine Robber. Four robbers team up to pull off a "fun" heist involving a Bengal tiger.
Tiger Robbers
Director
Based on Kotaro Isaka's novel"Sunshine Robber. Four robbers team up to pull off a "fun" heist involving a Bengal tiger.
The Love River
Narrator of the story: A villager dumbly recalled that in 1974, China was in the late stage of the Cultural Revolution, a series of past events in a village. The Xiangyuan family suddenly caught fire and his wife was burned.
Ever Since We Love
Screenplay
To Qiu Shui, a young lad in his most hungry, curious, and restless 20s, the whole world feels a little erotic. Studying at China's top medical college, he can break down men's carnal impulses with solid human anatomy knowledge but can't grasp the inner desire that draws him to three disparate romantic interests-the fairy-like hometown first love, the marriageable college girlfriend, and the sensuous working woman. It's the 1990s when China just opened up to exciting opportunities and risks. Unprecedented social fluidity provokes individuals' materialist and romantic appetites. This cruel new world eventually crushes Qiu Shui’s burning passion and takes each of his lovers away. As he looks back at his chaotic youth as a grownup years later, he's rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live and love.
Ever Since We Love
Director
To Qiu Shui, a young lad in his most hungry, curious, and restless 20s, the whole world feels a little erotic. Studying at China's top medical college, he can break down men's carnal impulses with solid human anatomy knowledge but can't grasp the inner desire that draws him to three disparate romantic interests-the fairy-like hometown first love, the marriageable college girlfriend, and the sensuous working woman. It's the 1990s when China just opened up to exciting opportunities and risks. Unprecedented social fluidity provokes individuals' materialist and romantic appetites. This cruel new world eventually crushes Qiu Shui’s burning passion and takes each of his lovers away. As he looks back at his chaotic youth as a grownup years later, he's rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live and love.
Doble Exposición
Editor
Cuando Song Qi se topa con la aventura de su novio con su mejor amiga, su vida rápidamente comienza a desmoronarse y, posteriormente, se ve envuelta en arenas movedizas de venganza y asesinato. Aunque no todo es lo que parece, Song Qi tendrá que embarcarse en un viaje retorcido hacia su pasado y las profundidades de su propia mente.
Doble Exposición
Writer
Cuando Song Qi se topa con la aventura de su novio con su mejor amiga, su vida rápidamente comienza a desmoronarse y, posteriormente, se ve envuelta en arenas movedizas de venganza y asesinato. Aunque no todo es lo que parece, Song Qi tendrá que embarcarse en un viaje retorcido hacia su pasado y las profundidades de su propia mente.
Doble Exposición
Director
Cuando Song Qi se topa con la aventura de su novio con su mejor amiga, su vida rápidamente comienza a desmoronarse y, posteriormente, se ve envuelta en arenas movedizas de venganza y asesinato. Aunque no todo es lo que parece, Song Qi tendrá que embarcarse en un viaje retorcido hacia su pasado y las profundidades de su propia mente.
A Mysterious Robber
Various parties and different motives all intersect at an inn on the eve of closure; at the center of everything is an elusive and enigmatic bandit. A band of mine robbers, a thief and some Japanese soldiers all set out to find a lucrative gold mine, unaware that they're heading right into a trap.
Buddha Mountain
Writer
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
Buddha Mountain
Director
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
Perdidos en Pekín (Lost in Beijing)
Writer
Lost in Beijing, nos traslada al submundo de los centros de masajes de Beijing, en donde una joven trabaja como masajista y debe esconder la identidad y existencia de su esposo, un limpia vidrios que un día en su trabajo se topa con la insufrible noticia que su esposa le era infiel con su jefe (Tony Leung Kai Fai) sin saber que, ella en estado de ebriedad habia sido violada por el dueño del Centro de Masajes.
Perdidos en Pekín (Lost in Beijing)
Director
Lost in Beijing, nos traslada al submundo de los centros de masajes de Beijing, en donde una joven trabaja como masajista y debe esconder la identidad y existencia de su esposo, un limpia vidrios que un día en su trabajo se topa con la insufrible noticia que su esposa le era infiel con su jefe (Tony Leung Kai Fai) sin saber que, ella en estado de ebriedad habia sido violada por el dueño del Centro de Masajes.
Dam Street
Director
Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's adoption, telling Yun the child died at birth. Ten years later, Yun sings pop songs in a dive, takes the occasional married lover, and lives with her mother, a teacher. The mother tutors a student, Xiao-yong, a lad of ten, who becomes attached to Yun. Yun's mother discovers who the boy's really is and a struggle begins. Should he be told; should Yun reclaim him; does her mother's opinion matter; what about the woman who's raised him? Is there room in a Chinese town for a woman to breathe?
Fish and Elephant
Editor
The story follows the elephant keeper in the Beijing Zoo who maintains an aquarium of fish in her home (hence the two-animal title), and her lesbian lover, a fabric saleswoman in an outdoor market. Her relationship is tested, however, when her recently divorced mother returns to town in the hope of setting her daughter up in marriage. Further complicating matters is one of Xiaoqun's ex-lovers also returning to her life with the law in pursuit.
Fish and Elephant
Writer
The story follows the elephant keeper in the Beijing Zoo who maintains an aquarium of fish in her home (hence the two-animal title), and her lesbian lover, a fabric saleswoman in an outdoor market. Her relationship is tested, however, when her recently divorced mother returns to town in the hope of setting her daughter up in marriage. Further complicating matters is one of Xiaoqun's ex-lovers also returning to her life with the law in pursuit.
Fish and Elephant
Director
The story follows the elephant keeper in the Beijing Zoo who maintains an aquarium of fish in her home (hence the two-animal title), and her lesbian lover, a fabric saleswoman in an outdoor market. Her relationship is tested, however, when her recently divorced mother returns to town in the hope of setting her daughter up in marriage. Further complicating matters is one of Xiaoqun's ex-lovers also returning to her life with the law in pursuit.
Older Sister
Director
The film documents a pigeon pair family that preference boys over girls.
Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu
Yu Lei plays an orphan Xiu Xiu, who is married to a foreign land when she was 3. Her husband, a hunter (Lau Hok Yin), doesn't know how to love her. So a passionate affair is unavoidable when she meets up with a military doctor (Winston Chao).