Night Peacock

Night Peacock
Night Peacock
French	Le Paon de Nuit
Simplified Chinese	夜孔雀
Hanyu Pinyin	Yè Kǒng Què
Directed by	Dai Sijie
Screenplay by	Dai Sijie; Nadine Perront
Starring	Liu Yifei; Liu Ye; Yu Shaoqun; Leon Lai
Cinematography	Saba Mazloum
Production; companies	SMG Pictures ; Haixiu Media (Tianjin) ; Daqing Baihu Entertainment ; E Mei Film Group ; France WuDiYaNa Production ; Haixiu Entertainment (Hongkong)
Distributed by	SMG Pictures (China) ; Beijing Lupiaoda Media (China)
Release date	20 May 2016 (China);
Running time	84 minutes (China) ; 121 minutes (France)
Countries	China; France
Languages	Mandarin ; French
Box office	CN¥26 million

Night Peacock (French: Le Paon de Nuit; Chinese: 夜孔雀) is a 2016 romantic drama film directed by Dai Sijie.^[2] The film is a Chinese-French co-production. It stars Liu Yifei, Liu Ye, Yu Shaoqun and Leon Lai. The film was released in mainland China by SMG Pictures and Beijing Lupiaoda Media on 20 May 2016.^[1]^[3]

Plot

The film is set in Chengdu, China and in France.^[3]^[2]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Paris, France, and in Chengdu, China.^[3]^[2]

Reception

The film has grossed CN¥26 million at the Chinese box office.^[1]

Critical

The film was awarded first prize under the Special Chinese Film category at the 40th Montreal World Film Festival, and Liu was nominated as Best Actress.^{[citation needed]} It also won the Golden Angel Award for Film at the 12th Chinese American Film Festival.^[4]