Italy / Oct 19, 2003 / Rome
1h 38min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Carlene Ko | Mery Red |
| Sultan Temir Omarov | Admiral Thin Kwei |
| Bellini Zheng | Little Guiady |
| Makoto Kobayashi | Admiral Ching |
| Yang Li Xiang | Supremo Ammiraglio Kwo Lang |
| Gaowta Shara Azzolini | Piratessa |
| Xuwu Chen | Figlio del Cielo |
| Jiahua Chen | Pirata |
| Mexiang Chen | Donna Musicante |
| Un Cho Sung | Pirata |
| Visanu Aliatis Corbi | Calico Jack |
| Quing Diao | General |
| Miyuki Hayakawa | Madre di Guary |
| He Wenhui | Piratessa |
| Li Hua Kao | Piratessa |
| Huan Li | Piratessa |
| Xiang Li | General |
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| Jiangke Liao | Contadino Innamorato |
| Liliana Liao | Piratessa |
| Jiann Liou | General |
| Rosa Liu | Piratessa |
| Yi Liu | Contadina Innamorata |
| Stefano Lu | Pirata Sentinella |
| Sofia Akami Marchi | Donna Musicante |
| Qiang Shen | Pirata |
| Daisuke Unehara | Pirata |
| Jue Wang | Donna Musicante |
| Wai Tung Wong | General |
| Ling Xe | Pirata |
| Qiuju Zhang | Piratessa |
| Yanfu Zhang | Pirata |
| Peixing Zhao | General |
| Nagira Zhumangulova | Anne Bonney |
| Rongcai Li | |
| Weiye Chen | |
| Chunqi Gu | |
| Chin Mei Hsu | |
| Chang Guang Chen | |
| Ye Li Pong Lin | |
| Chang Hai Xu | |
| Sen Hua Xu | |
| Xumin Xu | |
| Guanmeng Zhu | |
| Chang Lin Jiang | |
| Chun Ja Kwon | |
| Chao Cong Lin | |
| Qing He | |
| Erika Takagi | |
| Fuquan Yang | |
| Hong Liang Xu | |
| Kunihiro Giuliano Este | |
| Xinyuan Ye | |
| Feihong Chen | |
| Suilan Zheng | |
| Qingfang Zhu | |
| Yuanchong Yu | |
| Chang Zhou | |
| Xinju Ye | |
| Sisi Xu | |
| Goulsim Karipovna Zhumagoulova | |
| Francesco Chi | Child |
| Fabrizio Xu | Child |
| Frances Xu | Child |
| Stefano Xu | Child |
| Alessia Zhu | Child |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cantando dietro i paraventi |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | France, Italy, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Pierre Grise Productions, Südtirol Digital Fernsehen (SDF), MiC, Cinemaundici, RAI Cinema, Lakeshore Entertainment |
| Release date | 24 ottobre 2003 |
| Executive producer | Ferdinanda Frangipane, Alessandro Calosci, Daniele Passani |
| Production | Tom Rosenberg, Roberto Cicutto, Luigi Musini |
| Writer | Ermanno Olmi, Jorge Luis Borges |
| Casting | Enrico Marrari |
| Editing | Paolo Cottignola, Stefano Quaglia, Jean-Clement Soret, Max Horton, Giles Livesey, Elisabetta Brusatin |
| Cinematography | Fabio Olmi, Stefano Slocovich, Roberto Josè Cecato, Massimiliano Pantucci, Claudio Sidotti, Enrico Quacquarini, Giordano Spadoni, Massimo Montani, Maurizio Benvenuto |
| Assistant directors | Gaia Gorrini, Luca Di Molfetta, Damjian Perovic, Ermanno Olmi, Cinzia Liberati |
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Release dates
Premiere
France / Jun 27, 2004 / La Rochelle Film Festival
Hungary / Sep 24, 2004 / MittelCinemaFest
Czechia / Apr 05, 2005 / Febio Film Festival
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Poland / Jul 26, 2005 / ERA New Horizons Film Festival
Argentina / Nov 12, 2008 / Mar del Plata Film Festival
Limited release
Thailand / Mar 31, 2005
Portugal / May 10, 2012 / Cinemateca Portuguesa
Theatrical release
Italy / Oct 24, 2003
France / Dec 15, 2004
Portugal / Apr 28, 2005
TV
Argentina / May 31, 2006
Hungary / Aug 04, 2007
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