Singing Behind Screens
6.3
A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.
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Cast
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Bud Spencer
Old Captain Andorrano
Known for
They Call Me Trinity
Banana Joe
Jun Ichikawa
Widow Ching
Known for
Citadel: Diana
The Art of Happiness
Ermanno Olmi
Also in
Una storia milanese
E venne l'uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi
Alessandro Calosci
Sally Ming Zeo Ni
Confident
No other roles listed
Jorge Luis Borges
Roberto Cicutto
Also in
Corsa in discesa
All the things that remain
Camillo Grassi
Nostromo
Known for
Greenery Will Bloom Again
Ferdinanda Frangipane
Wen Li Guang
Imperial Dignitary
No other roles listed
Luigi Musini
Chen Ruohao
Imperial Emissary
No other roles listed
Ermanno Olmi Director · Jorge Luis Borges Author Han Yong Composer
Worldwide gross $1.1M · First release October 19, 2003 · Produced in France, Italy, United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,071,748
Production
Pierre Grise Productions
Production
Südtirol Digital Fernsehen (SDF)
Production
MiC
Production
Cinemaundici
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
Lakeshore Entertainment
Production
Ministry of Culture (Italy)
Production
France · Italy · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original title
Cantando dietro i paraventi
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · October 19, 2003
Premiere · Rome
Italy · October 24, 2003
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
May 31, 2006 · TV
November 12, 2008 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Czechia
April 5, 2005 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
France
June 27, 2004 · Premiere · La Rochelle Film Festival
July 2, 2004 · Premiere · Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma à Paris
October 1, 2004 · Premiere · Annecy Italian Film Festival
October 30, 2004 · Premiere · Villerupt Italian Film Festival
December 15, 2004 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 24, 2004 · Premiere · MittelCinemaFest
August 4, 2007 · TV
Italy
October 22, 2003 · Premiere · Florence
Poland
July 26, 2005 · Premiere · ERA New Horizons Film Festival
Portugal
April 28, 2005 · Theatrical
May 10, 2012 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
Thailand
March 31, 2005 · Limited theatrical
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