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The Cold Night (1984)

The Cold Night poster
Original title
Han Ye
Directed by
Que Wen
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 42m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two classmates move in together and have a son during the aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1940s. The husband becomes seriously ill and needs care, which strains their finances, and the wife also has to deal with a difficult mother-in-law.

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What happens

The Cold Night (originaltittel: Han Ye) er en kinesisk dramafilm fra 1984 regissert av Que Wen. Filmen skildrer to klassekamerater som flytter sammen og får en sønn. Men den lille familien støter på store utfordringer; Mannen blir alvorlig syk og trenger pleie, noe som forverrer de økonomiske problemene. I tillegg må kvinnen hanskes med en vanskelig svigermor. Handlingen er lagt midten av 1940-årene, i skyggen av den andre kinesisk-japanske krig. Hovedrollene spilles av Xu Huanshan og Pan Hong. Den ble tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved Huabiao Awards (delt med flere filmer). Filmen er også kjent under den engelske tittelen Chilly Nights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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