Spring Fever (2009 film)

Spring Fever
Taiwan poster (the film however was never allowed to publicly screen in Taiwan[1])
Traditional Chinese春風沉醉的夜晚
Simplified Chinese春风沉醉的夜晚
Literal meaningThe Night Deeply Drunk on the Spring Breeze
Hanyu PinyinChūnfēng Chénzuì de Yèwǎn
Directed byLou Ye
Written byMei Feng
Produced by
  • Lou Ye
  • Nai An
  • Sylvain Bursztejn
Starring
CinematographyZeng Jian
Edited by
  • Robin Weng
  • Zeng Jian
  • Florence Bresson
Music byPeyman Yazdanian
Production
companies
  • Dream Factory HK
  • Rosem Films
Distributed byLe Pacte
Release date
  • May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13) (Cannes)
Running time
116 minutes
Countries
  • China
  • France
LanguageMandarin

Spring Fever is a 2009 Chinese/French film directed by Lou Ye. The production of the film is in defiance of a five-year ban on filmmaking imposed by China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) for his previous film, Summer Palace.[2] Filmed in Nanjing, the film was described to be about a young threesome overcome with erotic longings.[3]

By the time of the film's premiere at the Cannes Festival on 13 May 2009, it was known that Lou had circumvented the five-year ban imposed upon him after Summer Palace by having Spring Fever registered as a Hong Kong/French co-production.[4]

  1. ^ (in Chinese) 新聞局擬全面封殺《春風沉醉的夜晚》 Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Banned Chinese film at Cannes". The Straits Times. Associated Press. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  3. ^ McCarthy, Todd (2009-04-16). "Cannes taps heavy hitters". Variety. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  4. ^ Elley, Derek (2009-05-13). "Spring Fever Review". Variety. Retrieved 2009-05-16.