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

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)

Trailer

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