Fleeing By Night (2000) - Ye ben

Fleeing By Night (2000) Country: Taiwan, China Release Year: 2000 Aka: Ye ben Director: Hsu Li Kong, Yin Chi Writer: Wang Hui Ling, Wang Ming Xia Language: Mandarin Genre: Drama, Romance Runtime: 119 min Cast: Rene Liu, Huang Lei, Tai Li Jen Chao Te Yin, Leon Dai Studio: Broadband Films, Beijing Rosart Film Beijing Film Studio, Strand Releasing Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259744/

Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters. Ing'er, the daughter of a theatre-owner, welcomes the return of Shao-dung, her fiancee and a fine cellist from America. Shao-dung soon finds himself captivated by the opera "Fleeing By Night" and its celebrated actor, Lin Chung, whose voice seems to articulate something within himself. While Shao-dung attempts to blend eastern and western music, Ing'er becomes torn between her affection for both men, and an awareness of the growing intimacy between them.