Dam Street

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Dam Street
Traditional Chinese	紅顏
Simplified Chinese	红颜
Hanyu Pinyin	Hóng yán
Directed by	Li Yu
Written by	Fang Li Li Yu
Produced by	Fang Li Sylvain Bursztejn
Starring	Liu Yi Huang Xingrao
Cinematography	Wang Wei
Edited by	Karl Riedl
Music by	Liu Sijun
Production companies	Laurel Films Rosem Films Fonds Sud Cinema
Distributed by	Bavaria Film International
Release dates	September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08) (Venice) January 17, 2007 (2007-01-17)
Running time	93 minutes
Language	Mandarin

Dam Street (Chinese: 红颜; lit. 'Rouge face') is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Li Yu. Dam Street is Li's second feature film, after 2001's Fish and Elephant and was produced by screenwriter Fang Li's Laurel Films and Sylvain Bursztejn's French company, Rosem Films.

Dam Street, shot mainly in Sichuanese Mandarin, follows the life of a young woman, Xiaoyun in a corner of China's central Sichuan province. The film premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival on September 8, and also received a handful of other showings at other festivals, notably Toronto (2005) and Deauville (2006).

Lead actress Liu Yi is a notable Sichuan opera actress (Plum Blossom Award, 2007^[1]).