Maiden Work
1997, Chinese. Directed by Wang Guangli.
Another curve ball from the Beijing 'underground', Guangli Wang's debut feature first tells a story and then wittily deconstructs it. Painter Jinian, undergoing eye surgery for wounds received in a bar fight, remembers or imagines his relationships with student journalist Xue and her lesbian lover Yu. On recovering, he sets about trying to write and direct a film about the three of them. His meetings with potential producers, actors and technicians eventually get the project moving, but not quite as he foresaw it.
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 1997
- Original title
- 处女作
- Country
- China
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Maiden Work runs 66 minutes (1h 6m).
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Maiden Work isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1997. (Checked 6 November 2026.)
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Who directed Maiden Work?
Maiden Work (1997) was directed by Wang Guangli.