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Springtime In A Small Town
2002
Tian Zhuangzhuang's romantic drama SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN is the follow up to his 1993 opus THE BLUE KITE. Set post-World War II, the film tells the tale of a couple, Liyan and Tuwen, who are trapped in a loveless marriage and whose lives are turned upside-down by the arrival of an old school friend, Zhichen, the teenage .. Read more
| Starring | Wu Jun, Xin Bai Qing, Hu Jing Fan |
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| Director | Tian Zhuangzhuang |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, World Cinema |
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Springtime In A Small Town
Tian Zhuangzhuang's romantic drama SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN is the follow up to his 1993 opus THE BLUE KITE. Set post-World War II, the film tells the tale of a couple, Liyan and Tuwen, who are trapped in a loveless marriage and whose lives are turned upside-down by the arrival of an old school friend, Zhichen, the teenage love of Yuwen. Secrecy and jealousy abound, and eventually take their toll on everyone involved.
| Starring | Wu Jun, Xin Bai Qing, Hu Jing Fan |
|---|---|
| Director | Tian Zhuangzhuang |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Mandarin |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Oct 2003 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Fei Mu's 1948 feature was among the last produced in China before the Communist takeover, so much can be read into the fact that this remake marks director Tian Zhuangzhuang's return to film-making after a decade of state-proscribed silence. He certainly uses this sedate, yet intense study of a household coming to terms with the aftermath of war to comment on the equally momentous socio-economic transition currently taking place. But the impact of visiting doctor Xin Baiqing upon ailing aristocrat Wu Jun, his wife Hu Jingfan and her sister Lu Sisi works just as well as an exquisitely staged Chekhovian chamber drama.
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Delicately nuanced stopry of re-awakened love, set at the end of a war in a moment just before revolutionary change.
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12 out of 14 people found this review helpful
A small film.
I love chinese cinema, but with all foreign language films you lose something in the pace of a film when you are reading and not listeneing, and I felt this film suffered from that. It seemed slow and meandering, although it was beautifully shot and at times very moving. It feels in many ways like a play, there are only five characters and all the action takes place within one house so this is how the director builds the tension. It was worth watching but I'd recommned anyone looking to find out about Chinese cinema to watch "Beijing Bicycle" or any of Zhang Yimou's films instead.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
foreign DVD release?
Do not be fooled by the subtitles and the chinese scenery. This is not an arthouse film, it is just bad acting in the style of Maoist era cinema. Either you need good acting or a good plot, but this has neither. Whoever decided this was worthy of a foreign DVD release obviously cannot tell the difference between arthouse and daytime TV.
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