Li Baicheng is a charismatic fortune teller who services a clientele of prostitutes and marginalized figures whose jobs, like his, are commonplace but technically illegal in China. He practices his ancient craft in a village near Beijing while taking care of his deaf and dumb wife Pearl, who he rescued from her family's mistreatment. Winter brings a police crackdown on both fortune tellers and prostitutes, forcing Li and Pearl into temporary exile in his hometown, where he revisits old family demons. His humble story is told with chapter headings similar to Qing Dynasty popular fiction.
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石珍珠
唐小雁
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Li Baicheng is a charismatic fortune teller who services a clientele of prostitutes and marginalized figures whose jobs, like his, are commonplace but technically illegal in China. He practices his ancient craft in a village near Beijing while taking care of his deaf and dumb wife Pearl, who he rescued from her family's mistreatment. Winter brings a police crackdown on both fortune tellers and prostitutes, forcing Li and Pearl into temporary exile in his hometown, where he revisits old family demons. His humble story is told with chapter headings similar to Qing Dynasty popular fiction.
Movie / 1964
Movie / 2020
Movie / 1989
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2012
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2020
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2018
Movie / 2009
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2005
Movie / 2008
Movie / 2025
Movie / 1981
Movie / 2013
Movie / 2011
Movie / 2009
Movie / 1940