Zhang Ziyi To Sing In Shi Mian Mai Fu
Very recent news has it that Zhang Ziyi will have a singing role in director Zhang Yimou's second wuxia film Shi Mian Mai Fu ("No Way Out" - aka Lovers - formerly, House of Flying Daggers). According the Zhang Yimou, Ziyi will play the character Xiao Mei, a blind geisha girl, a role for which Ziyi will be required to sing for the first time on film.
The director is expected to finish post-production in Australia in April, in time for the film's premiere screening at the 57th Annual Cannes Film Festival in May.
Purple Butterfly Screening In Hawaii
Purple Butterfly, Chinese director Lou Ye's story of cross-cultural love and fate set during the 1930's Japanese occupation of China, will be screened at the Hawaii International Film Festival's 7th annual "Spring Fling." The film festival, opening April 2, 2004, is self-described as a showcase of the latest and greatest independent cinema from Asia, the Pacific and beyond.
The Hawaii International Film Festival's Spring Fling runs April 2-8 at the Signature Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, 735-B Iwilei Road, Honolulu, Hawaii. Advance tickets go on sale March 25 – April 1, 2004. Call the theater at (808) 526-3456 for more information on ticket sales.
Purple Butterfly will be screened twice at this year's festival: once on April 2, 2004 at 6:30 PM and again on April 7, 2004 at 6:45 PM. Zhang Ziyi stars in the film as a Chinese woman whose love for a Japanese man is put to the ultimate test.
Zhang Ziyi Attends Charity Ball In Monaco
On the evening of Saturday, March 20, 2004, Zhang Ziyi attended the 42nd Annual Rose Ball, a Chinese themed, star-studded ballroom dance for charity for the Monaco royal court in the Mediterranean resort of Monte Carlo, along with Princess Caroline and many other European and Chinese celebrities.
Princess Caroline of Monaco and Zhang Ziyi...
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Zhang Ziyi at the Rose Ball...
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Princess Caroline and a group photo...
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