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A Soul Haunted by Painting
The rise of a Chinese painter Pan Yuliang (1899-1977) as she went from prostitute to famed artist in Paris is the focus of this Chinese biography. The film opens with then 12-year old Pan working in a brothel in a small rural town. She is soon hired to become a prostitute after the head hooker retires and is killed. She meets her eventual husband, Zanhua, on her very first night. He already had a wife, but he married Pan anyway, and they moved to the city where Pan studied painting at the Shanghai Arts Institute. The institute is closed after a series of demonstrations of people resenting foreign influences on Chinese art, and from those against the use of nude models. Pan still does nude portraits, but uses her body as the model. She becomes famous after her self-portrait "Bathing Woman" wins a French prize. Since her husband earlier went back to his former wife, Pan is free to move to Paris where her work continued to garner critical acclaim. In China her work was never recognized because they classified it as "depraved." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast Gong Li as Pan Yuliang Derek Yee as Pan Zanhua Zhang Qiongzi as Chief Prostitue Da Shichang as Wang Shouxin

Crew Huang Sungyi - Associate Producer Wang Shuying - Associate Producer Huang Shuqin - Director Liu Yuan - Composer (Music Score) Chen Chunlin - Production Designer Zheng Changfu - Production Designer Lu Le - Cinematographer Yu Shu - Producer Zhang Pengcheng - Producer Lin Liyin - Screenwriter Wang Shuying - Screenwriter Shi Nan - Book Author Zhang Yimou - Supervising Director

A Soul Haunted by Painting
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General Specifications: Language Options: Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: Additional Features: none specified MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 130 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Title Slates, A Paris Studio [2:45] 2. 1920's Wuhu, Anhui Province [2:45] 3. The Brothel [2:45] 4. Red Girl Deals [7:59] 5. Yuliang Prepares [1:47] 6. Mr. Pan [12:37] 7. A New Day [1:58] 8. News Spreads [5:43] 9. Shanghai [4:25] 10. Painting Lessons [1:58] 11. Shanghai Fine Arts Training School [5:45] 12. Madam & Wife 2 [10:12] 13. Real Life Sketching [4:58] 14. Paris [4:44] 15. Mr. Wang [4:09] 16. A Fly in Paris [2:01] 17. Prize Winner [2:14] 18. Home to My Family [5:29] 19. Nanjing Professor [2:07] 20. 4 in My Family [6:46] 21. Art Exhibition [7:27] 22. Return to Paris 1940's [2:42] 23. He Qiong [6:54] 24. Retreat With Shouxin [3:22] 25. Paris Art Sales [1:52] 26. Loss of Ties [1:18]