San qiang pai an jing qi

Dec 11 2009 R 1h 35m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Official Trailer
Plot

At boss Wang's traditional Chinese noodle shop, a colourful and exotic Persian trader of arms introduces the shop owner's wife to the weapons of the West, and consequently, to mankind's greatest invention: the handgun. As a result, the woman excited with her newest acquisition that kills instantly, a brass, triple-muzzle top-break revolver, naturally, she will need more, however, the loud noise of the firearms' demonstration will inevitably attract a brigade of the local police force who will drop by for an investigation. Soon, grouchy old miser Wang will find out everything about his double-crossing wife's affair with the Inn's mincing weakling apprentice Li, and as the corpses begin piling up, it's going to be every man for himself and all for Wang's crammed strongbox.

Written by

Zhengchao Xu, Jianquan Shi, Xiaofeng Zhou

Directed by

Yimou Zhang

Cast

Dahong Ni, Ni Yan, Shenyang Xiao

Crew

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Production Countries

China

Production Companies

Film Partner International, Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.

Languages

Awards

5 nominations

Trailers
A Woman A Gun and a Noodle Shop | Official Trailer (2009)
Scores
# of Votes
3,531
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA