This elegant film about love, desire, and betrayal is mixed with a touch of mystery and told in a cinematic language rarely seen in Chinese films. It marks the debut of Wang Quanan, a 1991 graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. A young newlywed has a chance encounter with an enigmatic minivan driver with a passion for photography. When the amateur photographer confesses to a previous love affair with a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to her, the young woman falls under the spell of this soft-spoken, unkempt, and seemingly hapless young man. Dai Jinghua, one of China’s leading film critics, has described Lunar Eclipse as one of the most uncompromising Chinese films ever made and a landmark in Chinese cinema.