Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm (1935)
- Original title
- 風雲兒女
- Directed by
- Xu Xingzhi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An intellectual leaves Shanghai to follow a glamorous woman. After his friend dies, he joins the Chinese resistance.
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What happens
Children of Troubled Times, also known as Fēngyún Érnǚ, Scenes of City Life, Sons and Daughters of the Storm, Storm Sons and Daughters, Children of the Storm, and several other translations, is a patriotic 1935 Chinese film most famous as the origin of "The March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. The movie was directed by Xu Xingzhi and written by Tian Han and Xia Yan. Yuan Muzhi plays an intellectual who flees the trouble in Shanghai to pursue the glamorous Wang Renmei only to join the Chinese resistance after the death of his friend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Lost Lamb (1936)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.