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The Blue Kite
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NR,2hrs 30min
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January 1, 1993
Distributor:
Kino
Synopsis: Tian Zhuangzhuang, a charter member of China's politically beleaguered, so-called Fifth Generation of Directors (along with Ju Dou's Zhang Yimou), made this film about the gradual disintegration of an entire family targeted by Mao's political reformation movements of the '50s and '60s. Told in a series of three stories, the audience sees the little boy Tietou and his mother try and try again to rebuild their lives from the ashes left them by the madness of the era. Director Tian works from a palette ... Full Synopsis
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An unusually forthright product of Chinese filmmaking -- so forthright, in fact, that it was banned in mainland China -- The Blue Kite is a disarming look at the illusions of Communism and the forceful repression of dissident thinkers in the first decades after World War II. That's a pretty big topic to take on in the abstract, so it's filtered through the eyes of a young boy, raised by a mother who's ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Chen Shujuan
Lin Shaolong
Li Guodong
Tietou as a child
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