time lapse filmed with a camera underneath a translucent glass table plays out, where Mingliang and Wu Fang are above it talking, and her glasses are on the table next to a glass of green tea. Cast Zhao Wei as Wu Fang, the college student who always reads tea leaves to determine the quality of her blind dates. Jiang Wen as Chen Mingliang, one of Wu Fang's blind dates. Zhao Wei as Langlang, a hotel pianist who may or may not be Wu Fang. Reception "Zhao is especially good in the Wu role, turning her from a potential caricature (glasses, upswept hair, tightly wrapped) into a flesh-and-blood character in need of a man who'll genuinely care for her. Jiang, too, is good at showing the cracks behind his buccaneering front, slightly recalling his bruised macho turn in Zhang Yimou's Beijing comedy "Keep Cool." For students of ocular acting, both Zhao and Jiang provide a field day."--Variety "The delicately featured Zhao Wei balances a subtle and maddening allure with a hint of intellectual aggression; the seeming effortlessness of her performance translates directly to the characters of the two women. In the end we never know who they really are and whether there's a link, but Zhang suggests Minliang will spend the rest of his life trying to figure them out. It used to be that in cinema, French actresses seemed to have the sole right to this kind of femme. Now they have some competition."--Japan Times References External links Green Tea at lovehkfilm.com 2003 films Films based on Chinese novels 2000s Mandarin-language films Films set in Beijing Films set in China Films directed by Zhang Yuan 2003 romantic drama films Chinese romantic drama films Works about tea