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Feature film — 2009

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)

4.91h 35mComedy — Drama — Thriller

Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt.

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A high-signal pick with 90 votes.

Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd. / Film Partner International

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Director: Zhang Yimou

On screen

Cast & crew

Sun Honglei as Zhang

Sun Honglei

Zhang

Xiao Shenyang as Li

Xiao Shenyang

Li

Yan Ni as Wang's wife

Yan Ni

Wang's wife

Ni Dahong as Wang

Ni Dahong

Wang

Cheng Ye as Zhao

Cheng Ye

Zhao

Nikita Mao Linlin as Chen

Nikita Mao Linlin

Chen

Zhao Benshan as Patrol Team Commander

Zhao Benshan

Patrol Team Commander

Julien Gaudfroy as Persian Merchant

Julien Gaudfroy

Persian Merchant

Wei Na as Persian Woman

Wei Na

Persian Woman

Wang Sisi as Female Prisoner

Wang Sisi

Female Prisoner

Li Wenting as Female Prisoner

Li Wenting

Female Prisoner

C

Cheng Ran

Male Prisoner