Chrysanthemum Tea
Traditional Chinese菊花茶
Simplified Chinese菊花茶
Hanyu PinyinJúhuā chá
Directed byJin Chen
Written byChen Jianbin
Based ona story by Peng Jianming
Produced byZhang Pimin
Sun Yi’an
Zhu Jingfeng
Lu Cunzhi
Hou Shengjun
StarringChen Jianbin
Wu Yue
He Tao
CinematographyHuang Lian
Edited byDu Yuan
Music byAn Wei
Production
companies
Xi'an Film Studio
Shanxi Hengtai Group
Release date
  • 5 July 2001 (2001-07-05) (China)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Chrysanthemum Tea (Chinese: 菊花茶), also known in English under the title Love Story by Tea,[1][2] is a 2001 Chinese film directed by Jin Chen, starring Chen Jianbin and Wu Yue and produced by Xi'an Film Studio and Shanxi Hengtai Group. It is based on a short story by Peng Jianming (彭见明). The film was shown at the Moscow and Karlovy Vary film festivals.[3]

Plot

Middle-aged railway worker Ma Jianxin is sent to a two-week poetry appreciation course. There, he meets a young female teacher named Li Weihua. Among the students, only Ma seems to appreciate poetry. During a lunch, the two find out that they share a taste for chrysanthemum tea. After she faints during the graduation ceremony, Ma rushes her to hospital on his back. They meet again few months later. They are in love, but Li's heart disease precludes any form of physical intimacy. They marry nevertheless.[4][5]

Cast

  • Chen Jianbin as Ma Jianxin.
  • Wu Yue as Li Weihua.
  • He Tao as Gougou.
  • Zhang Zhongjie.
  • Qiu Yuzhen as Ma's mother.
  • Huang Lian.
  • Cheng Qin as Huang Xiangjiu, Gougou's girlfriend.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "菊花茶 Love Story by Tea (2000)". Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Stephen Short (October 26, 2000). "The Current State of Chinese Film is Very Dire". Time Asia. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Juhua cha (2001) Release Info". Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Chrysanthemum Tea". Thessaloniki Film Festival. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Chrysanthemum tea [electronic resource] : (love story by tea)". Stanford Libraries. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Chrysanthemum Tea". Thessaloniki Film Festival. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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