Fortune Teller
8.0
Li Baicheng is a charismatic fortune teller who services a clientele of prostitutes and marginalized figures whose jobs, like his, are commonplace but technically illegal in China. He practices his ancient craft in a village near Beijing while taking care of his deaf and dumb wife Pearl, who he rescued from her family's mistreatment. Winter brings a police crackdown on both fortune tellers and prostitutes, forcing Li and Pearl into temporary exile in his hometown, where he revisits old family demons. His humble story is told with chapter headings similar to Qing Dynasty popular fiction.
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4 people
Xu Tong Director
United States release January 1, 2010 · Produced in China · Original title 算命
Production
China
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Original title
算命
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · September 1, 2009
Premiere · The 4th Beijing Independent Film Festival
United States · January 1, 2010
Theatrical · Icarus Films / dGenerate Films
Japan
December 4, 2011 · Chinese Independent Film Festival
Netherlands
January 28, 2011 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
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