Chu Que Wu Shan 2007 [extra Quality]

Director Qiang Zhong utilizes a melancholic visual palette to match the thematic weight of the story. The cinematography leans heavily on low-light interiors, tight framing, and reflective surfaces like windows and mirrors. These techniques isolate the two women within their own private sanctuary, emphasizing that their relationship exists apart from the bustling, indifferent world outside.

The title Chu Que Wu Shan (除却巫山) is derived from a famous line of classical Chinese poetry by : "Except for the Wushan mountains, other clouds are not worth looking at" (除却巫山不是云).

The story revolves around two female protagonists, Ah-Chu (played by Zhao Wei) and Ah-Shan (or Wu Shan, played by Wu Jing), who become embroiled in a tragedy due to a minor traffic accident. The accident sparks a chain of events that lead to the development of their story. chu que wu shan 2007

The phrase "Chu Que Wu Shan" (除却巫山) is derived from a famous classical Chinese poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Zhen:

A young, established female writer who carries an air of artistic melancholy. A College Student (played by Deng Jiajia): Director Qiang Zhong utilizes a melancholic visual palette

From the moment it went into production, Chu Que Wu Shan generated significant media buzz, largely due to its controversial subject matter. The marketing campaign framed the film as China's answer to Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005), which had won three Academy Awards and had brought same-sex love stories into the global mainstream. The production team made bold promises that the film would be submitted to the "Big Three" international film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice), as well as the Tokyo International Film Festival.

is often cited in lists of lesbian or "girl-love" cinema from the region. International Reach The title Chu Que Wu Shan (除却巫山) is

Perhaps the most telling aspect of the film's fate is the complete silence from its two lead actresses. Deng Jiajia, who later rose to national fame for her role as Tang Youyou in the hit sitcom iPartment , has never publicly discussed the film in any detail. Peng Dan, meanwhile, pivoted sharply away from her earlier image as a star of erotic films, transitioning into patriotic cinema and eventually entering politics as a member of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Her involvement with Chu Que Wu Shan stands as an outlier in her later career, and she has shown no interest in revisiting the project.

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At face value, the phrase pairs two oppositions. “Chu” (出) suggests emergence or exposure; “que” (缺) implies lack or deficiency; “wu” (无) is negation; “shan” (善) signals goodness or virtue. The string reads like an apothegm: when something emerges as lacking, there is no goodness — or perhaps: absence itself is not virtuous. This paradox sits uneasily with common moral grammars that valorize transparency and revelation. If exposing lack yields no good, then revelation is not a simple ethical remedy. The phrase forces us to ask: when does bringing lack into the open help, and when does it merely spectacle failure?