Cantando dietro i paraventi (2003)

Director:

Ermanno Olmi

Writer:

Ermanno Olmi (screenplay)
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Release Date:

24 October 2003 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Ocean | Theatre | Widow | China | Female Nudity

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Bud Spencer	...	Il vecchio capitano
Jun Ichikawa	...	Vedova Ching
Sally Ming Zeo Ni	...	Confidente
Camillo Grassi	...	Nostromo
Makoto Kobayashi	...	Ammiraglio Ching
Wen Li Guang	...	Dignitario imperiale
Chen Ruohao	...	Emissario imperiale
Davide Dragonetti	...	Cliente ignaro
Alberto Capone	...	Cliente militare
Carlene Ko	...	Mery Red
Sultan Temir Omarov	...	Ammiraglio Thin Kwei
Bellini Zheng	...	Il piccolo Guiady
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yang Li Xiang	...	Supremo ammiraglio Kwo Lang

Directed by
Ermanno Olmi

Writing credits
Ermanno Olmi		(screenplay)
Jorge Luis Borges		(short story "The Widow Ching, Lady Pirate") uncredited

Produced by
Alessandro Calosci	....	executive producer
Luigi Musini	....	producer
Daniele Passani	....	executive producer
Tom Rosenberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Han Yong

Cinematography by
Fabio Olmi

Film Editing by
Paolo Cottignola

Casting by
Enrico Marrari

Production Design by
Luigi Marchione

Costume Design by
Francesca Sartori

Makeup Department
Diego Avolio	....	makeup artist
Giulio Pezza	....	key makeup artist
Angelo Vannella	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Benedetta Altissimi	....	unit manager
Remo Chiappa	....	production manager
Slobodan Pavicevic	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gaia Gorrini	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Marc'Antonio Brandolini	....	assistant art director
Vlasto Maric	....	painter
Massimiliano Petrolini	....	carpenter
Zoran Petrovic	....	property master
Alessandro Troso	....	production design assistant

Sound Department
Doug Cooper	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Farr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Armando Trivellini	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Matthew Bristowe	....	digital lab producer
Paola Broggi	....	visual effects coordinator
Silvia Buttignon	....	digital artist
Gabriele Diaferia	....	digital compositor
Marco Fiorani Parenzi	....	digital compositor
Igor Fiorentini	....	digital compositor
Giulia Lamacchia	....	visual effects
Paolo Lato	....	visual effects producer
Giles Livesey	....	digital film colorist
Begoña Lopez	....	digital lab producer
Rosalinda Malibiran	....	visual effects
Chiara Pierrettori	....	visual effects coordinator
Marco Revelant	....	visual effects
Josè Sala	....	digital compositor
Nicola Scarpinato	....	3D supervisor
Franco Valenziano	....	digital effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Stefano Alessi	....	electrician
Francesco Liotard	....	camera operator: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Claudette Lilly	....	assistant costume designer

Music Department
Ludovico Fulci	....	music assistant

Other crew
Valentina Carnelutti	....	voice dubbing: Jun Ichikawa
Ennio Coltorti	....	voice dubbing: Camillo Grassi
Danilo De Girolamo	....	voice dubbing: Chen Ruohao
Pino Ferrara	....	voice dubbing: Wen Li Guang
Mira Lukic	....	production secretary
Aurelio Marino	....	payroll accountant
Carlo Miscoli	....	accountant
Mascia Musy	....	voice dubbing: Sally Ming Neo Zi

Production Companies

• Cinemaundici
• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) (support)
• Pierre Grise Productions
• Rai Cinema

Distributors

• Slovenska Kinoteka (2005) (Slovenia) (theatrical)
• Mikado

Special Effects

• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (digital intermediate)

Also Known As:

En chantant derrière les paravents (France)
Singing Behind Screens (International: English title)
Cantando tras los biombos (Argentina) (festival title) [es]

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Italy | UK | France

Language:

Italian | Mandarin | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Italy:T | Singapore:M18

Company:

Cinemaundici

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Do not watch this movie...

This is probably the worst movie I have seen since another Italian 'masterpiece': Nonhosonno by director Dario Argento. Actors play awfully, the story is unbelievable, the shift from theatre stage to ships not consistent. Bud Spencer randomly mixing Italian with occasional Spanish words is pure crap (why has he to do it?? Is there any reason for that? Maybe because his character is supposedly from Andorra… where Spanish is NOT spoken…). Moreover, watching Chinese speaking Italian (some are VERY badly dubbed) is kind of ridiculous… Chinese proverbs are scattered in the screenplay, and no one of them makes any sense… The ships and the setting are indeed beautiful, but why not spending all the money they cost in other stuff, an average screenplay writer and an average director for example… oh, I see, they are the same person. I cannot understand why certain directors just do not retire as they should… Ermanno Olmi delighted us with at least one masterpiece (L'Albero degli Zoccoli), a lot of boring movies, but never had he attained such a horrible level… and still there are reviewers on the web that hold this movie in good opinion (have a look on Google and you'll see)! Hey, Italian film critics, why are you just so scared of writing a negative review for this film? Why praising it? Because Olmi is the prestigious, long career, beloved local filmmaker? Because of "political" reasons? An average Vanzina brothers' movie is 100 times better than this…