Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD-video; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital; widescreen. |
Language |
Mandarin with English subtitles. |
Cast |
Wu Jun, Hu Jingfan, Xin Baiqing, Ye Xiaokeng, Lu Sisi. |
Credits |
Original story, Li Tianji ; screenplay, Ah Cheng ; director of photography, Mark Lee Pingbin ; editor, Xu Jianping ; music, Zhao Li. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
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Special features: interview with director Tian from the Leonard Lopate Show, WMYC Radio ; making of ... featurette ; U.S. theatrical trailer ; previews ; weblinks. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
Summary |
A romantic drama set in a bomb-scarred Chinese town in the aftermath of World War II, the film tells the story of the passionless marriage of the ailing Liyan and his beautiful wife Yuwen. Their lives are disturbed by the arrival of Liyan's old school friend, Zhichen, a cultivated doctor from Shanghai, who was the teenage love of Yuwen. |
Awards |
Offical Selection, Venice Film Festival ; Offical Selection, Toronto Film Festival ; Best Film San Marco Award, Venice ; Offical Selection, New York Film Festival ; Offical Selection, Chicago Film Festival. |
Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Marriage -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Love -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS, CHINESE.
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FOREIGN FILMS, MANDARIN.
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Subject |
DVD-Video discs.
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Chinese language materials
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Genre |
Feature films China.
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Motion pictures, Chinese.
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Foreign films China.
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Chinese language materials.
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Added Author |
Tian, Zhuangzhuang, director.
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Wu, Jun, 1975- actor.
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Hu, Jingfan, 1976- actor.
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Xin, Baiqing, actor.
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Ye, Xiaokeng, actor.
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Lu, Sisi, actor.
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Acheng, 1949- screenwriter.
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Zhongguo dian ying ji tuan gong si. Beijing dian ying zhi pian chang.
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Beijing rong xin da ying shi yi shu zhong xin.
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Palm Pictures.
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Added Title |
Springtime in a small town |
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Xiao cheng zhi chun (Motion picture : 2002)
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Standard No. |
660200308520 |
Music No. |
PALMDV3085 Palm Pictures |
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