The Blue Kite (1993)
- Original title
- 蓝风筝
- Directed by
- Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Genre
- drama film, political drama
- Country
- Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 69 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
A boy grows up in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s as political movements upend his family's life. The story follows his mother and his changing relationships with his father, stepfather, and a nanny.
melancholicslow-burnintimatebittersweetuneasyreflectiverestrainedemotional
What happens
The Blue Kite (simplified Chinese: 蓝风筝; traditional Chinese: 藍風箏; pinyin: Lán fēngzheng) is a 1993 drama film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though banned by the Chinese government upon its completion (along with a ten-year ban on filmmaking imposed on Tian), the film soon found a receptive international audience. Along with Zhang Yimou's To Live and Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine, The Blue Kite serves as one of the quintessential examples of China's Fifth Generation filmmaking, and in particular reveals the impact the various political movements, including Anti-Rightist Movement and Cultural Revolution, had upon directors who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. The film won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival, both in 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.