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Li and the Poet

Play trailer Poster for Li and the Poet 2011,  1h 32m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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95% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
A Chinese barmaid (Tao Zhao) and a Slavic fisherman (Rade Serbedzija) find friendship and more in an Italian fishing village.

Critics Reviews

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Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard Jun 22, 2013
3/5
The plot is preposterous, offering up not one, but two, saintly females for our hi falutin' delectation. Go to Full Review
Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Jun 22, 2013
This is haunting and affecting with visual poetry to spare. Go to Full Review
Donald Clarke Irish Times Jun 21, 2013
3/5
Shun Li and the Poet actually believes in the inherent decency of strangers. Don't hold that against it. Go to Full Review
Ben Nicholson CineVue Feb 26, 2019
4/5
Segre's choice to tell a very personal story, and largely lap at the edges of the issues involved, makes for a wonderfully emotive voyage that works so well precisely because the current was not too strong. Go to Full Review
Tom Dawson The List Jun 21, 2013
4/5
Francois Couturier's score is overly emphatic in places in tugging at our heartstrings, but the film's gentle humanity is to be cherished. Go to Full Review
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Rey S Mar 31, 2019 Nice, but a little bit boring.
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Cast & Crew

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Andrea Segre

Director

Tao Zhao

Shun Li

Rade Serbedzija

Bepi

Marco Paolini

Coppe

Roberto Citran

Avvocato

Giuseppe Battiston

Devis

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Li and the Poet

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Chinese barmaid (Tao Zhao) and a Slavic fisherman (Rade Serbedzija) find friendship and more in an Italian fishing village.
Director
Andrea Segre
Producer
Francesca Feder, Francesco Bonsembiante
Screenwriter
Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello
Production Co
RAI Cinema
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
May 9, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m
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