Restless (also known as Xia Ri Qing Dong) is a 1998 film directed by Jule Gilfillan and starring Catherine Kellner and David Wu. An American–Chinese co-production, it was screened at multiple film festivals in 1998 and 1999 before receiving a limited theatrical release in the United States in 2000 and a DVD release on December 4, 2001. The film focuses on the romance between Leah, a traveling translator estranged from her boyfriend, and Richard, ...
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Restless (also known as Xia Ri Qing Dong) is a 1998 film directed by Jule Gilfillan and starring Catherine Kellner and David Wu. An American–Chinese co-production, it was screened at multiple film festivals in 1998 and 1999 before receiving a limited theatrical release in the United States in 2000 and a DVD release on December 4, 2001. The film focuses on the romance between Leah, a traveling translator estranged from her boyfriend, and Richard, a shiftless Chinese-American returning his grandfather's ashes to Beijing. It was generally panned by critics as clichéd and undelivered storylines, but did praise it for its scenery.
Leah (Kellner) is a translator who is traveling international cities in search of romance and closure with her estranged boyfriend Jeff. She eventually settles in Beijing, China, where she meets and develops a fixation on Master Sun Zhan (Geng Le), who teaches here a Chinese game called weiqi. When her relationship with Master Sun Zhan takes a turn for the worse,...
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