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
00:02:59 Wonderful.
00:04:57 Ch, my goodness! It's intense!
00:06:05 When the cannon went off, it sounded like thunder.
00:07:27 It's this long, this thick, three barrels...
00:09:18 - Where is Boss Wang? - He's resting.
00:11:34 - Kneel over there. - Cn your knees.
00:12:32 Can you tell?
00:13:40 How will we handle the gossip if others find out?
00:15:09 You bought a gun.
00:17:28 In the carriage?
00:20:02 Ch, my heavens! Where did he come from?
00:21:41 - Where are we going? - Back to the noodle shop.
00:22:36 ...all I wanted was a shoulder to lean on...
00:24:48 Afraid of going to jail?
00:25:53 Those two lives worth 15 Guan?
00:30:44 I have some good news.
00:34:27 Don't come back. I don't want to see you again.
00:39:45 Wang's a mean person.
00:50:43 Boss, are you still angry?
01:03:41 Who...? Who is it? Who are you talking to?
01:05:01 My 800 Wen.
01:19:23 Where have you been all night?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed390
Dialogue density4.1 lines / min
First line00:01:29
Final line01:19:23
Production Record
DirectorZhang Yimou
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes3,531