Oxhide (2005 film)

Oxhide (牛皮) is a 2005 Chinese drama film directed by Liu Jiayin (刘伽茵). Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait, with unprecedented access, of a working-class Chinese family.

Profile

• Movie: Oxhide / 牛皮 (2005)
• Director: Liu Jiayin (刘伽茵)
• Producer : Li Xiaowan (李小婉) 
• Writer: Liao Yimei (廖一梅)
• Genre : romance
• Release Date : February 13 , 2005
• Running Time :110 minutes
• Language: Mandarin
• Country: China 

Synopsis

Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait, with unprecedented access, of a working-class Chinese family.

Stars

• Jia Huifen (贾惠芬)
• Liu Jiayin (刘伽茵) 
• Liu Zaiping (刘在平)

Reviews

• “The most celebrated Chinese debut since Jia Zhang-ke’s Xiao Wu” – Mubarak Ali, The Lumiere Reader
• “The most important Chinese film of the past several years – and one of the most astonishing recent films from any country” – Shelly Kraicer, Cinema-scope

Awards

• 2005 Berlin International Film Festival (Caligari Film Award)
• 2005 Berlin International Film Festival (FIPRESCI Award)
• 2005 Hong Kong International Film Festival (Golden DV Award) 
• 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons and Tigers Award)

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