Hu Mei's unique movie vocabulary

The much anticipated biopic "Confucius", directed by Hu Mei, is about to be released during the Chinese Lunar New Year season for 2010. And recently, Hu revealed that she plans to spend the next two months finishing and promoting the picture. Let's take a closer look at the film and the inspirational career of its director, Hu Mei.

As part of China's 5th generation of directors, Hu Mei gains her reputation on the movie scene for her individual movie vocabulary, and a sensitive feminine style of story telling.

Hu Mei was born in Beijing in 1958. She joined the army in 1975 as a drama performer in military troupes. In 1982 she graduated from the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy, and now works there as a Class One film director.

It was Hu's 1984 movie "Army Nurse" that helped her gain notoriety. The film centers around the lives and loves of Chinese military women, the first ever on the subject matter since the Cultural Revolution. The movie was hailed by the China Film Association in 1985 as one of the top 10 pictures around the country.