| Seventeen Years | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 過年回家 |
| Simplified Chinese | 过年回家 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | guò nián huí jiā |
| Directed by | Zhang Yuan |
| Written by | Ning Dai Yu Hua Zhu Wen |
| Produced by | Zhang Yuan Willy Tsao Zhang Peimin |
| Starring | Li Jun Li Bingbing Liu Lin |
| Cinematography | Zhang Xigui |
| Edited by | Jacopo Quadri Zhang Yuan |
| Music by | Zhao Jiping |
| Distributed by | Celluloid Dreams |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Seventeen Years (simplified Chinese: 过年回家; traditional Chinese: 過年回家; pinyin: guò nián huí jiā; lit. 'New Year Homecoming') is a 1999 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan and starring Li Bingbing in her feature film debut. Seventeen Years was screened at several international film festivals where it garnered numerous accolades, including the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the 56th Venice International Film Festival.
The film is co-produced by Keetman Limited (China) and Fabrica (Italy), as presented by Keetman and the Xi'an Film Studio. It premiered concurrently with Zhang Yuan's documentary feature, Crazy English in the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival.[1]
Seventeen Years is seen, at least by some critics, as Zhang Yuan's move away from his "Bad Boy" image, an image that was cultivated after run-ins with Chinese authorities with his previous films, Beijing Bastards, and the homosexual-themed East Palace, West Palace.[1][2] In contrast, Seventeen Years (and Crazy English) was produced under the aegis of the Chinese bureaucracy, though some editing of the film was required before it could be released.[3]
- ^ a b Elley, Derek (1999-09-13). "Seventeen Years Review". Variety. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Seventeen Years > Overview". Allmovie. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yuan" in Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers. Routledge Publishing, p. 427. ISBN 0-415-18974-8. Google Book Search. Retrieved 2008-11-04.