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Inspired by the bestselling novel SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See, the film is a timeless portrait of female friendship.
In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan.
In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong's descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai. Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever.
What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in their universal notion of love, hope and friendship.
Original Release
06/24/2011
US Release
07/15/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Russell Wong | Bank CEO / China Everbright Bank CEO |
Bingbing Li | Nina / Lily |
Archie Kao | Sebastian |
Jun Ji-Hyun | Snow Flower / Sophia |
Coco Chiang | Anna |
Hu Qing Yun | Mrs. Liao / Mrs Liao |
Shiping Cao | Mr. Wei |
Ruijia Zhang | Mrs. Wei |
Vivian Wu | Aunt / Sophia's Aunt |
Zhebing Gong | Professor |
Directors
Writers
Angela Workman, Ron Bass, Michael Ray, Lisa See
Cast
Name | Character |
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Russell Wong | Bank CEO / China Everbright Bank CEO |
Bingbing Li | Nina / Lily |
Archie Kao | Sebastian |
Jun Ji-Hyun | Snow Flower / Sophia |
Coco Chiang | Anna |
Hu Qing Yun | Mrs. Liao / Mrs Liao |
Shiping Cao | Mr. Wei |
Ruijia Zhang | Mrs. Wei |
Vivian Wu | Aunt / Sophia's Aunt |
Zhebing Gong | Professor |
Lilia Zhou | Nurse |
Congmeng Guo | Little Lily |
Danping Shen | Lily's Mother |
Yan Dai | Little Snow Flower |
Yulan Xu | Snow Flower's Mother |
Shiming Wang | Foot Binder |
Shouqin Xu | Lily's Father |
Ying Tang | Madame Wang |
Chen Tao | Da Lang |
Feihu Sun | Master Lu |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hugo Shong | Executive Producer |
Xian Li | Producer |
Jessinta Liu | Producer |
Andrew Loo | Producer |
Wendi Murdoch | Producer |
Ted Perkins | Producer |
Craig Shilowich | Producer |
Florence Sloan | Producer |