The Great Hypnotist

The Great Hypnotist
Theatrical poster
Traditional 催眠大師
Simplified 催眠大师
Mandarin Cuīmián Dàshī
Directed by Leste Chen
Produced by
Written by
  • Endrix Ren
  • Leste Chen
Starring
Music by Rare Yu
Cinematography Charlie Lam
Edited by Yang Hongyu
Production
company
Release date
  • April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)
Running time
 102 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin
Box office US$45.6 million (international)

The Great Hypnotist is a 2014 Chinese mystery-thriller[1] film directed by Leste Chen and starring Xu Zheng and Karen Mok.[2] The film was released on April 29, 2014.[3]

Synopsis

Dr. Ruining Xu is a prominent psychiatrist who is uses psychotherapy to treat his patients. His mentor, Professor Fang recommends a patient, Xiaoyan Ren who claims she can see ghosts. Ruining agrees to treat Xiaoyen, despite learning from his colleague who once treated her that there is something disturbing about her.

During his session with Xiaoyen, Ruining quickly learns that she is lying to him. By contacting a friend who works at child services, Ruining learns that Xiaoyen was actually abandoned by her adoptive parents after her adoptive mother became pregnant. She was then taken in by a foster family. However, Ruining realizes she is not actually lying, but had suppressed her darkest memories by making stories up.

but really, it is Ruining who is lying with a regrettable past

Cast

Reception

The film reached US$44,070,000 at the Chinese box office.[4] It earned a total of US$45.6 million internationally.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Fortissimo Films Takes The Great Hypnotist". CraveOnline. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  2. ↑ "催眠大师The Great Hypnotist (2014)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Xu Zheng's New Film 'The Great Hypnotist' Set to Hit Chinese Screens". China Radio International. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Weekly box office 26/05/2014 - 01/06/2014". english.entgroup.cn. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  5. ↑ Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom (January 10, 2015). "'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 10, 2015.


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