The Knot
2006 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 514 VOTES · DIR. Yin Li
Overview
They fell in love; Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Massacre, Biyun gave him a gold engagement ring and they promised to meet again. Qiushui served as an army doctor during the Korean War, where he met Wang Jindi, a nurse from Shanghai who fell in love with him instantly. Years had gone by, Qiushui married Jindi and settled in Tibet. While in Taiwan, Biyun buried Qiushui's mother and continued to pray for his return. Flashback to modern time, Biyun is living in New York. Her niece played by Isabella Leong, a writer, has travelled to Tibet to find out what happened to Qiushui. Through the pictures she sends back via internet, Biyun finally gets to see the familiar face once again.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,040 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:52 Auntie what's wrong?
00:03:59 What is it in this world
00:09:05 Bathroom for men
00:11:56 What kind of boyfriend are you?
00:15:31 I can help
00:18:01 Teacher Chen, how come you are so knowledgeable
00:20:09 I'll go and fetch something
00:23:25 your letter was thrown in the garbage can
00:29:25 It is not proper for a girl to spent the night away from home
00:34:15 Mother, let me pass
00:39:25 I will take care of your mother
00:43:55 Listen, please
00:47:03 Bingyan's pastry shop makes wonderful pancakes
00:50:25 have abandoned control of a few places
00:55:30 "How neat!" they said, "was it done by the Taiwanese doctor at the Army hospital?
00:59:58 Your are violating air defense regulations and you can be arrested
01:04:21 Use this one to write to me
01:07:42 Pay no attention to her attitude
01:10:36 I know
01:14:45 And in the Korea War
01:22:40 If I had not come to know you, what would have made me
01:30:38 If in this life
01:36:35 that it was the worst snowstorm in a hundred years
01:40:58 People like your parents-in-law and my aunt are of a rare species that is extinct