The Painted Veil
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: John Curran
Starring: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts and Anthony Wong
Date of Premiere: December 29, 2006
Synopsis: Adapted from Somerset Maugham’s cognominal novel, the romance tells of how a young English couple really gets to know each other under extreme circumstances and gain newfound respect and love.

Big Movie
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ah Gan
Starring: Yao Chen, Huang Bo and Jiao Yang
Date of Premiere: December 29, 2006
Synopsis: The comedy is a humerous parody of 20 hit films, including“The Matrix,”“In the Mood for Love,”“Forrest Gump”and“House of Flying Daggers.”Director Ah Gan also re-dubs the movie with funny lines.

Confession of Pain
Genre: Thriller
Directors: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei
Date of Premiere: December 22, 2006
Synopsis: The thriller is about a police officer who seeks revenge for a family tragedy.

Racing Stripes
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Starring: Frankie Muniz and Hayden Panettiere
Date of Premiere in China: December 22, 2006
Synopsis: Stripes, a confused zebra, is raised away from his natural environment and grows up believing he is a racehorse. He realizes his dream of racing thoroughbreds, but only with the help of a friendly teenage girl and a bunch of barnyard dogooders.

Still Life
Director: Jia Zhangke
Starring: Zhao Tao and Han Sanming
Date of Premiere: December 14, 2006
Synopsis: The film was shot in the old village of Fengjie, a small town of China on the Yangtze River, near the Three Gorges Dam.

Curse of the Golden Flower
Genre: Action
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Liu Ye and Jay Chou
Date of Premiere: December 14, 2006
Synopsis: The epic film is roughly adapted from“Thunderstorm,”one of the bestknown works by writer Cao Yu. The plot concerns the volatile balance of power between the King, the Queen and the three princes, which entails betrayal, deceit and passion, pitting the King against the Queen and father against sons.