My niece N and my friend C are always chatting away in Chinese. N says her Chinese is really bad, but she's full of crap. C is fluent in Spanish and adding Chinese to his repertoire. He says he studies like crazy, but who knows. Anyway, C says he has a hard time finding movies in Mandarin, at which point I comment that he must be on drugs.
Yimou Zhang is a phenomenal director who worked for many years with Li Gong. To start with, I love Raise the Red Lantern. (I really want one of those foot massages - what is the big deal?) Li Gong also did The Story of Qiu Ju with Yimou; I like this one a lot. I believe neither of these is a dialog heavy movie, so hopefully C can follow along.
For an epic, try Farewell My Concubine. Li Gong is also in this. BTW - she is one of the most beautiful actresses IN THE WORLD, so that should be appealing.
Here is a link to Li Gong on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000084/
Also, one of my all time favorite movies is in Mandarin: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Wo de zhongwen zhen de hen bu hao! Wo juede Zhonguo ren ying gai gousu ni! Wo zuixihuan "Da Hong Denglong GaoGao Gua" he "Yingxiong!" Wo ye ai Li Gong - My chinese really is bad. I think a chinese person would tell you! My favorites are Raise the Red Lantern & Hero. I also love Li Gong. =)
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