Country: USA
Year: 2007
Duration: 77'
Twenty-four hours in the life of Sasha, a young Chinese woman has been studying in Omaha, Nebraska. Pregnant from a fling with Yang, a Beijing Opera star, who was kicked out of the troupe for his tryst with an American man, Boshen, and who is now working as a hustler, Sasha arrives in San Francisco with plans to get an abortion. She is located by Boshen, who wants to lure Yang to America by starting a family. But Sasha begins to rethink her intentions and her future, particularly after meeting the prostitute X. “Upon finishing A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, I decided, as I often have with my indipendent features, to bookend it with an edgier low budget companion. A few particular moments inspired me to pursue The Princess of Nebraska. I had always been intrigued by Yiyun Li’s original story of a young Chinese woman in America, faced with the very lonely decision of whether to have an abortion or keep her baby. But I wanted to alter the approach just slightly, making Sasha the most current representation of new China, part of the young, brash, and fearless generation.”
Biography
film director
Wayne Wang
(Hong Kong, 1949) graduated from Wah Yan Jesuit High School and moved to the United States, where he studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. His first feature film was A Man, a Woman, a Killer (1975). He then directed Chan Is Missing (1982), Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1984), Slam Dance (1987) and The Joy Luck Club (1993). He gained international fame with Smoke (1995), which he wrote with Paul Auster and which won a Silver Bear in Berlin. He then alternates Hollywood films with more independent productions.
FILMOGRAFIA
A Man, a Woman, and a Killer (coregia/codirector Richard Schmidt, 1975), Chan Is Missing (1982), Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985), Slam Dance (Slamdance - Il delitto di mezzanotte, 1987), Eat a Bowl of Tea (Mangia una tazza di tè, 1989), Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989), The Joy Luck Club (Il circolo della fortuna e della felicità, 1993), Smoke (id., 1995), Blue in the Face (id., 1995), Chinese Box (id., 1997), Anywhere But Here (La mia adorabile amica, 1999), The Center of the World (id., 2001), Maid in Manhattan (Un amore a cinque stelle, 2002), Because of Winn-Dixie (Il mio amore a quattro zampe, 2005), Last Holiday (L’ultima vacanza, 2006), A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007), The Princess of Nebraska (2007).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Wayne Wang
soggetto/story dal racconto omonimo di/from the homonymous short story by Yiyun Li
sceneggiatura/screenplay Michael Ray
fotografia/director of photography Richard Wong
scenografia/set design Amy Chan
montaggio/film editor Deirdre Slevin
musica/music Kent Sparling
suono/sound David C. Hughes, Kent Sparling
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Ling Li (Sasha), Brian Danforth (Boshen), Pamelyn Chee (X), Patrice Binaisa (James), Qing Lin (May)
produttore/producer Yukie Kito, Donald Young
produzione/production Center of Asian American Media
distribuzione/distribution Mikado Film
vendita all’estero/world sales The Match Factory
soggetto/story dal racconto omonimo di/from the homonymous short story by Yiyun Li
sceneggiatura/screenplay Michael Ray
fotografia/director of photography Richard Wong
scenografia/set design Amy Chan
montaggio/film editor Deirdre Slevin
musica/music Kent Sparling
suono/sound David C. Hughes, Kent Sparling
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Ling Li (Sasha), Brian Danforth (Boshen), Pamelyn Chee (X), Patrice Binaisa (James), Qing Lin (May)
produttore/producer Yukie Kito, Donald Young
produzione/production Center of Asian American Media
distribuzione/distribution Mikado Film
vendita all’estero/world sales The Match Factory
