Singing Behind Screens

2003 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 594 VOTES · DIR. Ermanno Olmi

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Overview

A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.

Dialogue Timeline — 490 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:39 Stop there ! Where are you going, you gallows-bird ? Don't move !
00:02:45 Good evening.
00:06:47 But the mostadmired, the most lovely, the most irresistible
00:11:13 These sea robbers show no mercy to the weak.
00:15:23 men and women of all ages !
00:18:01 to rob us of our future income.
00:20:30 ln exchange for his oath of obedience to the Divine Emperor.
00:24:57 will be sawed in two to satisfy their ambiguity.
00:31:48 Four to starboard.
00:34:36 The whole government will come after us !
00:36:43 From now on, itwill be called
00:38:37 No more earnings, no more taxes !
00:44:39 Men to their guns !
00:51:01 The young Emperor Kia-King, Son of Heaven and Lightof the Orient
00:56:18 Haul down the mainsail !
01:01:56 Our hair will be white and l won't have changed.
01:04:34 lt has never happened before !
01:07:09 when the Anonymous Shareholders
01:09:14 is longerthan the imperial court's expense report.
01:11:08 Commander Opo-tae has deserted ! He went over to the government.
01:13:32 lt's some modern devilry !
01:20:10 By now, l've erased all my memories forever.
01:23:10 ofthe Dragon and the beautiful butterfly Hu-Die
01:29:48 Forgiveness is mightier than the law.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed490
Dialogue density5.0 lines / min
First line00:00:39
Final line01:29:48

Production Record

DirectorErmanno Olmi
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes594