Fortune Teller (2010)
2h 37m
Running Time
January 1, 2010Release Date
Plot.
Li Baicheng is a charismatic fortune teller who services a clientele of prostitutes and marginalized figures whose jobs, like his, are commonplace but technically illegal in China. He practices his ancient craft in a village near Beijing while taking care of his deaf and dumb wife Pearl, who he rescued from her family's mistreatment. Winter brings a police crackdown on both fortune tellers and prostitutes, forcing Li and Pearl into temporary exile in his hometown, where he revisits old family demons. His humble story is told with chapter headings similar to Qing Dynasty popular fiction.
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Fortune Teller (Chinese: 《算命》) is an independent Chinese documentary film released in 2009, directed by Xu Tong. It primarily focuses on the everyday life of Li Baicheng, a disabled Chinese fortune teller with chronic leg weakness, and his wife, Pearl Shi, a woman living with hearing loss, aphasia and intellectual disability.