A tender, delicate friendship grows between Shun Li and Bepi. There is much to savour in this poignant film about an unhappy young woman transported to Italy by her Chinese gangmasters Shun Li and the Poet (Italian: Io sono Li) is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Andrea Segre. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship, a bond that had once transcended two very different, yet not at all distant cultures. The poet, of Yugoslavian origin is also an outcast, we all are. A first fiction film presented at the Venice … A first fiction film presented at the Venice Film Festival 2011. “Shun Li and the Poet,” from Director Andrea Segre is one of those films that will stay in your heart and mind long after you leave the theatre. Two strangers in a strange land, an impossible friendship and the distructive power of prejudice. She is suddenly transferred to work as a bartender at a pub in a small town along the Venetian Lagoon. The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including Bepi, a handsome old Slav immigrant nicknamed "The Poet." The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including Bepi, a handsome old Slav immigrant nicknamed "The Poet." Shun Li (Zhao Tao), a young Chinese mother of an eight-year old son leaves her simple life in a Rome sewing factory to work in Chioggia, a small fishing village outside Venice. Shun Li works in a textile factory near Rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from China to Italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Shun Li and the Poet. The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including Bepi, a handsome old Slav immigrant nicknamed "The Poet." She is suddenly transferred to work as a bartender at a pub in a small town along the Venetian Lagoon. The bittersweet ending is relentless as life: the son of Shun Li arrives in Italy but any further search for Bepi is late. She is suddenly transferred to work as a bartender at a pub in a small town along the Venetian Lagoon. Shun Li and the Poet actually begins in the multi-ethnic Roman suburb of Torpignattara, where the filmmaker now lives. Shun Li works in a textile factory near Rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from China to Italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. Winner of the LUX Prize 2012. 24/08/2012 - Two strangers in a strange land, an impossible friendship and the distructive power of prejudice. Zhao Tao won the 2012 David di Donatello for Best Actress for her performance as Shun Li. Shun Li also is befriended by Lian (Wang Yuan), a quiet Chinese woman who goes off on her own to do tai chi by the water. Shun Li and the Poet is beautifully directed by Andrea Segre who makes the most of watery images in visual poems which serve as transitions from one scene to another. Shun Li and the Poet (Streaming Video) : Shun Li works in a textile factory near Rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from China to Italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. It won the European Parliament Lux Prize in 2012. Shun Li (Zhao Tao), a young Chinese mother of an eight-year old son leaves her simple life in a Rome sewing factory to work in … “Shun Li and the Poet,” from Director Andrea Segre is one of those films that will stay in your heart and mind long after you leave the theatre. Shun Li and the Poet – review 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. It also took out the 2014 Whitehead Award at … He’s passed away and has therefore not paid for Shun Li’s debt. Shun Li and the Poet is a pensive and slow-burning production that will have you pondering over it for days. Bepi, a bond that had once transcended two very different, yet not at all cultures. 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