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The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaIs a remake of The Coen Brothers 1984 film Blood Simple, and is stated as such in the opening credits.
- GoofsThe shadows in the night scenes don't match the moon's location in the sky.
- Quotes
Wang's Wife: For once in my life... l own the world's most powerful weapon! Everyone will be amazed!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Estrenos Críticos: (Piloto) Bestezuelas, Piratas del Caribe 4... (2011)
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Yimou
It starts just as a spaghetti western, but then comes a parody of spaghettis and samurai films with minimal use of dialogue and excessive extravaganza of imagery. While the scope of the film seems unbelievable, a little, simple story revolving some stupid stereotypes is going on. Starting with buying an imported gun, the premise recalls the emergence of modernism in traditional, moralist society as it happens in too many samurai ventures, but the concept is contrarily based on the consequences of reliance on such bad habits as greed and jealousy. Not as promising as his RAISE THE RED LANTERN and JU DUO, not inspiring as his LA VIE and HERO, Zhang Yimou's A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP is an eccentric experience by a cineaste assumed as a master: crazy, wild and frantic, but not trying to tell a story in the size of epic
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- moi_kamiar
- Feb 15, 2010
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- Also known as
- A Simple Noodle Story
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $190,946
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,330
- Sep 5, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $428,430
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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