Knitting (film)

Knitting Chinese pinyin Ni ln zh n is a 2008 Chinese film directed by Yin Lichuan. Yins second film as director, Knitting is a romantic drama. The film was adapted by Yin from the short story The Story of Li Ai and Haihai by author Amei.

Knitting was inspired in part on the story of the Cowheard and the Weaver Girl, the basis of the Chinese festival of Qi Xi, also called the Magpie Festival or the Chinese Valentines Day.Director Yin Lichuan noted in her statement of intent that Knitting was meant to explore female themes from a feminine perspective. To this end the film has two female leads, one clumsy and simpleminded, the other tenacious and shrewd. ........

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