San qiang pai an jing qi = A woman, a gun and a noodle shop / Beijing New Picture Film Co., Ltd, Film Partner (2009) International, Inc. present ; produced by Zhang Weiping, Bill Kong, Gu Hao ; screenplay by Xu Zhengchao, Shi Jianquan ; executive producer, Zhang Zhenyan ; directed by Zhang Yimou.

New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2010.

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Wang is a miserable yet cunning noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. Feeling neglected, Wang's wife secretly goes out with Li, one of his employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun the landlady bought for '˜killing her husband later'. However, not a single move they make escapes the boss's notice, and he decides to bribe patrol officer Zhang to kill the illicit couple. It looks like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel but satisfying end-- or so he thinks, but the equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own that will lead to even more violence.

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April 28, 2020

Director of photography, Zhao Xiaoding ; production designed by Han Zhong ; music composed by Zhao Lin ; edited by Meng Peicong.

Sun Honglei, Xiao Shenyang, Yan Ni, Ni Dahong, Cheng Ye, Mao Mao, Zhao Benshan.