an oscar nominee for it brilliant cinematography and and a golden globe nominee for best foreign language film ( lose to le misérables ) and this film be direct by zhang yimou and star gong li . they work previously on five film represent red sorghum and ju dou and raise the red lantern and the story of qui ju and to live . 14 year old shuisheng ( wang xiao xiao ) be bring in from the country to serve the bos mistress bijou ( gong li ) and who he can not control . shuisheng soon find that she be not a nice person and and he get back at her when he can . i especially like the bar scene where bijou perform . it have the right mix of beautiful costume and smokiness . but and this be a gangster picture and so thing end badly for some .