The Spring Festival (1991)

Original title

过年

Directed by

Huang Jianzhong

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A large family gathers for the Lunar New Year celebration. Tensions and long-held grievances emerge among the relatives over the course of the festivities.

family-dramaintrospectivegroundednostalgicpoignantslow-pacedwarmrestrained

What happens

The Spring Festival (Chinese: 过年) is a 1991 Chinese drama film directed by Huang Jianzhong. The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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