Zhou Yu's Train

– Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sens..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 37 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Original Name:
周渔的火车
Zhou Yu's Train (2002) - Also known as 周渔的火车

Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she meets the hedonistic vet Zhang Qiang and begins a torrid affair, which takes her to another train station, and another level of lust. Driven by the locomotive of love and desire, she hustles through a dark tunnel of no return.

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Release Date:

01 Aug 2002

Language:

Mandarin

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Zhou Sun

Writer:

Cun Bei (novel), Zhou Sun, Mei Zhang

Main Actors:

Li Gong, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Honglei Sun, Zhixiong Li

Plot:

Zhou Yu, a ceramic decorative artist, travels twice a week from her home town of San Ming to Chongyang to visit her boyfriend, Chen Qing, a government worker and budding poet. The two met at a dance while Chen Qing was in San Ming, his old home town, on a business trip. She is the inspiration for the best of his poetry. Zhou Yu is a strong willed woman, whereas Cheng Qing is a sensitive soul. These differences in addition to the growing disparity in their life situations places an unspoken strain in their relationship, despite each truly loving the other. As such, Zhou Yu befriends Zhang Qiang, a veterinarian who travels on the same trains as her. Like Zhou Yu, Zhang Qiang is a strong personality whose emotional temperament more closely matches hers. Ultimately, the three, individually and collectively, have to decide if, and if so how each of the others fits into his/her future life, especially as Cheng Qing has to make a further decision about his professional life.

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
Metacritic:
49%