Zhang Jiarui
2021白色婚礼
Zhang Jiarui
Liu Yan, Wang Jingchun
A Korean TV anchor comes to China to unveil the myth of an ancient stela. In a car accident, she meets the stela's owner, whose grandfather passed it down to him. The owner and the anchor fall in love, but she dreads telling him that she has been diagnosed with a deadly disease.
White Wedding
婼瑪的十七歲
Zhang Jiarui
Li Min, Yang Zhigang
Set in a remote mountainous region of southern China, the film is about a Hani tribe girl, Ruoma (Li Min) who dreams of seeing the outside world. Ruoma lives with her grandma and sells roasted corn in a market for fifty cents an ear. Beautifully attired in Hani ethnic clothing, she by chance catches the eye of a penniless photographer, Aming (Yang Zhigang). They soon becoming friends and he gets the idea of making money by having her pose with tourists beside a famous World Heritage site. Charging ten yuan per photo, they hope to make some money. Ruoma does her job well, sweetly smiling with the tourists while dreaming of going to the big city and riding in a glass elevator. She also falls in love with Aming.
When Ruoma Was Seventeen
红河
Zhang Jiarui
Nick Cheung, Zhang Jingchu
A haunting, tragic love story about the aftermath of the American War in Vietnam, and the long-term effect it had on ordinary people's lives. Set in a border town between China and Vietnam, it is a universal story that could be about any war, in any country.
Red River
花腰新娘
Zhang Jiarui
Zhang Jingchu, Yin Xiaotian
"Huayao Bride in Shangri-la" (2005) features a beautiful and wild village girl of the Hua Yao Yi minority tribe in Yunnan. Dancing with flying dragons, she has to choose between love and her passion for the colourful dances.
Huayao Bride in Shangrila
迷城
Zhang Jiarui
Huo Siyan, Guo Xiao-Ran
Director Zhang Jiarui's new film, "Mi Cheng," formerly called "Distant Thunder," has been nominated for the upcoming Beijing College Student Film Festival, Ent.sina.com reported. After a successful premiere at the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival, "Mi Cheng" received a great deal of attention from the audience. A thoughtful and humanistic film, it includes a deep discussion of humanity with tight links to reality. The intense story line and sad ending made a deep impression on the audience. Famous critic and dramatist Peigi Chiu and viewers alike were impressed with the performances of the lead trio, Huo Siyan, Ge Siran and Guo Xiaoran. The film is a horror, mystery and love story that uses special filming techniques to tell the uncanny and thrilling story of happiness and sadness among lower class people. It took two years for director Zhang Jiarui to finish this film.
Distant Thunder