Mini (2005)

[williamwan]

According to the movie, the director is:

Jin Chen / (??) http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

and not:

Chen Miao / (??) http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

Did not see Chen Miao anywhere in the credit.

Also, have problem creating one actress by the name of Zhang Ying-Quan (???) who act as Mini's aunt. It seem HKMDB do not accept the last character.

Can anyone help?

[calros]

according to the credits the director is Jin Chen but according to the poster is Chen Miao. Added both.

Also, are you sure that the name is ??? and not ??? ?

[williamwan]

Now that you have suggested a possible alternative name, I better catch the movie again to confirm.

Will update you. Thanks.

[williamwan]

After watching the movie again, I still cannot be sure of the correct character as my video is not as sharp.

Sorry.

[dleedlee]

Chen Miao was the original director. After some dispute, she was replaced and the film was finished by Jin Chen. Chen Miao still claims it is her film.

Via google translation:
"Mini" adapted from a famous writer Wang Anyi's novel of the same name. About the contemporary young people love and values. Director Chen Miao get the copyright in the original after substantial amendments, but the positioning and direction of the characters and the producers had a huge king much differences. After several script changes, the two sides failed to reach a uniform background, in order to meet the actor's schedule, in March 2005 rush boot. During the shoot, the director Chen Miao job was "elevated", appointed by the producer of "Executive director" Jin Chen finished filming and post-editing. Film after one year through the movie department, but has yet to enter the cinema release, next week, the film will be in Beijing Student Film Festival to do the first public screening.

http://www.mtime.com/news/2007/04/12/302055.html

More background
http://www.mtime.com/news/2007/04/19/310814.html

...the director Chen Miao said during the press conference, another competition film "Mini" is her original work, but I do not know why, "the director "really the name of the Department of others. She said that she was from Wang to have bought the copyright, and modify the script, and then linked to Liu Ye and Hong Kong actress Angelica Lee star, started an independent producer, who later raised to fund the Western Film Corporation.
But in March 2005 after shooting her into conflict with the producer, but the movie taken all the shots are her. "At the time propaganda films, the director has been my Chen Miao, two years later, somehow to write someone else's name. Did not expect that will turn into face to face violations, I do not know who to ask."
The film's producer, king of the Western film company a significant producer told reporters that he first saw in 2003 a friend brought Chen Miotto that there were problems after the movie script, and in 2005 raised the Film Board and investors that these changes, but Chen refused to accept the amendments seedlings. Chen Wang Miao get when significantly less than one-third of the sample shot, I felt not passed the end of the cooperation with Chen Miao, signed up by director Jin Chen is now directed. Chen Miao had shot film would become void all subsequent current film remake, created more than 60 million of losses.
"Any film-making in the government and investors should be guided by, the director of the film's artistic ability and control are not the same with us." King much that, as in America 6 years, Chen Miao, shown ideas do not meet the conditions, the performance was not precise inner character. "We are always looking for a direction, but ultimately failed to reach a consensus."
Wei Wang said that after shooting video in April, he waited for Chen Miao 3 months contract to the appropriate position to Chenmiao An exclusive, but has not been answered, but the film is completed to the subtitles, so the "director" naturally is Jin Chen. "This film does not involve infringement, we have a contract with the original copyright owner."
Although they claim differ, but one thing is indisputable: Chen Miao not signed a contract with the producers.
http://www.mtime.com/news/2007/04/11/301245.html