March 20 : The Mermaid / Stephen Chow (China, 2016)
Monday, March 20, 5:00pm
Student Union Movie Theater, UNC Charlotte Main Campus
Director Stephen Chow
China, 2016, 94 min.
China, Mandarin with English subtitles
Sponsored by the UNCC Student Union Movie Theater and the UNCC Chinese Club.
Introduction by Amanda (Aihua) Zhou, Lecturer of Chinese, UNC Charlotte. Discussion will follow screening.
In The Mermaid, the sea creatures are threatened by a rich developer, Li Xuan. So they send the beautiful Shan, a mermaid, who can walk on land, to kill him. But the two of them fall in love and change their plans.
Soon after its release in February 2016, The Mermaid became the best-selling film in the history of Chinese cinema.
