China: The Panda Adventure 2001  N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert M. Young
Cast: Maria Bello, Xia Yu, Xander Berkeley, Bill Hayes
Based on a true story and told in the book by Ruth Harkness (Maria Bello), Ruth heads to China in 1936 to continue her husband's search for the rare giant Pandas after he died before completing his search. But she must find them before hunter Dakar (Xander Berkeley) who believes the Pandas to be ferocious. Many obstacles stand in her way, and magnificent scenery unfolds before she reaches her goal. Originally an IMAX presentation.
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Electric Shadows 2004  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Xiao Jiang
Cast: Jiang Yihong, Li Haibin, Xia Yu, Zhang Yijing, Guan Xiaotong, Qi Zhongyang, Wang Zhengjia, Zhang Haoqi, Xia Yuquing, Jiang Shan
Set during China's Cultural Revolution, this story is told in flashbacks as Mao Dabing (Xia Yu) reads sections of a young woman's (Qi Zhongyang) diary, which reveal their past relationship and life as it was in China during the 1970s.
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The Painted Veil 2006  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Curran
Cast: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Diana Rigg, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong, Marie-Laure Descoureaux, Xia Yu, Alan David, Catherine An, Juliet Howland, Maggie Steed
W. Somerset Maugham's novel is brought to the screen with Naomi Watts playing the frivolous, upper-class Kitty who marries the middle-class doctor, Walter Fane (Edward Norton). When the couple moves to Shanghai and Walter immerses himself in his cholera research, spoiled Kitty begins an affair with diplomat Charlie Townsend (Liev Schreiber). Walter discovers the affair and threatens Kitty with divorce if she doesn't move with him to a remote village in China that is ravaged by cholera. Kitty joins Walter on the expedition and, in the harsh environment, gains a social conscience and finds a purpose in their lives.
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| 1. China: The Panda Adventure (2001)
2. Electric Shadows (2004)
3. The Painted Veil (2006)
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