A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009 · 95 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 3,531 VOTES · DIR. Zhang Yimou
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 390 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:29 Wang's Noodle Shop
00:02:56 Not fast, but instantly!
00:04:30 Want to try it out?
00:06:03 How come the boss was so quiet?
00:07:22 Your wife just bought a gun from the Persians.
00:09:05 Do you want them to find it by marking it on purpose?
00:11:30 Chief, the prisoners are here.
00:12:29 - Yes. - Are any of them guilty?
00:13:36 I can't take it anymore.
00:14:57 I don't ask much.
00:17:25 - Where? - At Southern Hill, in the carriage.
00:19:56 You cheating slut!
00:21:31 I don't need a gun to take care of you.
00:22:28 I'm so disappointed in you.
00:24:40 ...your monthly salary is only 250 Wen.
00:25:45 You want 15 Guan?
00:29:25 I'm talking to you!
00:33:29 Stabbed her so many times!
00:39:37 Don't be frightened. Wang's not home.
00:50:37 When did you get back?
01:02:33 Really?
01:04:48 Do it quick.
01:18:34 You thought I would die so easily?
01:26:28 ...I'll be sure to tell him.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed390
Dialogue density4.1 lines / min
First line00:01:29
Final line01:26:28
Production Record
DirectorZhang Yimou
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes3,531