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The Poet (1998)

The Poet poster
Original title
顧城別戀
Directed by
Casey Chan Lai-Ying
Genre
drama film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese poet moves to New Zealand with his wife and mistress, hoping to find freedom for his art. But life abroad does not go as he expected, and he must face difficult choices about his relationships and his work.

melancholicslow-burnintrospectivebittersweetthoughtfulpoignantrealisticgently paced

What happens

The Poet (Gu cheng bielian) est un film hong-kongais réalisé par Casey Chan, sorti en 1998. Gu Cheng, poète chinois contemporain, émigre en Nouvelle-Zélande avec sa femme Reimi, ainsi que sa maîtresse Ching, à une époque où face à une économie en pleine expansion, les idéologies culturelles et artistiques piétinent. Il lui fallait choisir entre rester en Chine et se battre pour le « nouveau mouvement culturel et artistique », ou s'expatrier avec sa famille. Il finit par opter pour la deuxième solution. Malheureusement, rien ne se déroula comme il l'avait prévu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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