Shower

Shower

  • Director: Yang Zhang
  • Writer: Shangjun Cai,Yi'nan Diao,Xin Huo
  • Countries of origin: China
  • Language: Mandarin, Italian
  • Release date: April 6, 2000
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Badhuset
  • "Shower" is a feature film produced by Xi'an Film Studio, directed by Zhang Yang and starring Jiang Xiaobing , Xu Zhu and Pu Cunxin . The film was released in Canada on September 14, 1999.
    With an ordinary old bathhouse in Beijing as the background, the film tells the story of Beijing's neighborhood at the end of the 20th century and the touching family story between father, son and brother   .

    Details

    • Release date April 6, 2000
    • Filming locations Beijing, China
    • Production companies Imar Film, Xi'an Film Studio

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,157,764

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $40,125

    Gross worldwide

    $2,170,446

    Movie reviews

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    • By Darien 2022-12-20 19:49:22

      bath

      "Bath" is a work that can be labeled "Chinese Movie". The movie contains China (not only the bathing culture of Beijing). Taking a bath in the Qinghai-Tibet area can cleanse people's souls. In northern Shaanxi, brides must take a bath when they get married. Taking a bath in Beijing City can be a place for old people to chat, a place for children to play, and a place for young people to relax. But let's push "Chinese film" out of these "old things" can't be discarded without these...

    • By Wayne 2022-12-19 14:58:59

      Daily life in the bathhouse

      Daily life in a bathhouse at the end of the last century.

      A warm and nostalgic father, a silly and persistent second son, and a kind and conflicted eldest son. The bathhouse is a family of two to three, and then to two.

      Help a couple reconcile, help a shy boy overcome his fears, and help a debt collector get through. The truth is reflected in daily life. No heroine, three men in one play. There is no strong dramatic conflict, there is family and friendship, and the plain plot has...

    • By Levi 2022-12-15 09:45:14

      It's gone, it's gone, life has to go on

      I really like this kind of localized, down-to-earth and affectionate movies. Everyone in it is so real, as if it happened around you. Two old men fighting crickets fell in love with each other and killed each other because their wife was naked in a fight with a thief. A young man, and a little brother who dares to sing in the bathroom, a buddy who has no money and a high spirit, Da Ming who wants to make a lot of money but ignores his family, Er Ming who accompanies his father and competes...

    • By Jolie 2022-12-13 23:36:59

      After taking a bath

      If it were ten years ago, I would not have watched such movies uncommonly, but now, ten years later, for me, the only child who is still in the Beidrift family, I feel very deeply. I am also afraid that my parents will return home one day. Leaving, the son wants to support and does not wait for the relatives and regrets for life.
             Let’s talk about the movie first. The background of the story is probably around the 1990s. When Shenzhen was just developing, most of the people went to...

    • By Lukas 2022-12-10 13:18:21

      Bathing - an emotional outlet for collective memory

      "Hey, slow down." From the old man running with Er Ming, to the old man with Er Ming, Daming, and later, the three became two again, but the old man was gone.

      The old man is an authentic Beijinger. He owns a bathhouse. Neighbors go to take a bath every day. They sit in the inner bath pool and chat about their parents. After one set was finished, half a day passed, and I lay down at the door, fighting crickets and playing two games of chess.

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      • By Angie 2023-09-24 04:32:02

        The old Beijing bathhouse is very warm. I like the part where my father reprimanded Daming the most. Jiang Wu's acting as a fool is really outstanding. In addition, the bathing singing in Woody Allen's "Love in Rome" is not plagiarized here, right? Seek to...

      • By Madalyn 2023-09-22 02:46:12

        All are old, all torn down, all alive, all remembered. It can almost be called a perfect film, but unfortunately for such a good film, there should be a more mature operation team for...

      • By Perry 2023-09-11 08:43:36

        When I was a child, I went to the women's bathhouse with my mother. In college, I liked to go to the bathhouse to chat and wash. What Pu Cunxin wanted was the feeling of being out of...

      • By Jerad 2023-09-10 20:44:12

        A film that belongs to old Beijing culture, I feel that the performances of Zhu Xu, Li Ding, and Feng Shun are all performances of their own quality, and the performances of Pu Cunxin and Jiang Wu are even more amazing! ! Zhu Xu is too suitable to play such a traditional Chinese old man. The bathhouse in old Beijing is a unique Beijing culture. Compared with the contemporary "quick" bathing imagined by He Bing, this charm is unique and should be preserved, but it has been obliterated by some...

      • By Myrtis 2023-08-14 23:24:21

        If you don't play with Singbugs, if you don't like to get together, if you are strangers to the neighborhood, if you don't have that hard-to-read scripture at home, then you're not an old Beijinger! Highly...

      Movie plot

      Old Liu ( Xu Zhu ) has been running a bathhouse all his life and is the leader of the Beijing bathing industry. He was widowed at an early age and has two sons. The eldest son Liu Daming ( played by Pu Cunxin ) has been away from home for many years, and only the younger son, Liu Erming ( played by Jiang Xiaobing ) with low IQ, is by his side. Old Liu felt that the evening scene was desolate, but fortunately there were still a group of...
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      Around Shower, the film "Shower" outlines all kinds of social beings. The story is wonderful and the language is humorous, which makes people laugh and realize that Shower is so important to people. (Beijing Evening News Review) 
      The film is a film that purely expresses Chinese people's emotional way and way of life. The scene of the whole play has not changed much - the old bath in Beijing, the entanglement of three men, Xu Zhu, Pu...
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