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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: July 15, 2011

Summary: In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong – or "old sames" – bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan.In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong's descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai. Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever.What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in their universal notion of love, hope and friendship.(Fox Searchlight Pictures)

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Runtime:	120 min
Rating:	Rated PG-13 for sexuality, violence/disturbing images and drug use.
Official Site:	http://www.foxsearchlight.com/snowflowerandthesecretfan/
Production:	IDG China Media
Genres:	Drama, History
Countries:	USA, China
Language:	English

Director	Credit
Wayne Wang	Director

Writer	Credit
Angela Workman	Screenplay
Lisa See	Novel
Michael Ray	Screenplay
Ronald Bass	Screenplay

Principal Cast	Credit
Bingbing Li	Principal Cast
Gianna Jun	Principal Cast
Vivian Wu	Principal Cast

Cast	Credit
Angela Evans	Ballroom Guest
Archie Kao	Cast
Christina Y. Jun	Sophie
Hugh Jackman	Cast
Jennifer Lim	Snow Flower
Wu Jiang	Cast

Producer	Credit
Andrew Loo	Co-Producer
Florence Sloan	Producer
Hugo Shong	Executive Producer
Jessinta Liu	Co-Producer
Ted Perkins	Associate Producer
Wendi Murdoch	Producer