Green Tea (Lü cha) (2003)

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Aug 2 22:27

Like the title drink, Green Tea is quite simple and barely wets the palate. However, the superb performances by Wei Zhao and Wen Jiang, along Yuan Zhang's luscious cinematography and direction, more than compensates for the flimsy plot. On a canvas of titillating colors and sounds, an unorthodox love story unfolds frame by frame between Wu Feng (played by Wei Zhao), a conservative and mysterious graduate student who displaces her loneliness with blind dates, and Cheng (played by Wen Jiang), a heart-broken man attempting erase the pain from his recently failed relationship. This art house film mostly revolves around their platonic meetings at local coffee shops. Wu Feng reveals more about her "friend's" troubled childhood with every meeting. Cheng is drawn to her but she doesn't kn...Read more

Rating : 6/10