Springtime in a Small Town (2002)

Original title

小城之春

Directed by

Tian Zhuangzhuang

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small Chinese town after the war, a married woman lives a quiet life with her invalid husband. When an old friend visits, buried feelings and unspoken tensions surface between the three of them.

melancholicslow-burnintimaterestrainedquietlongingcontemplativeelegiac

What happens

Springtime in a Small Town (Chinese: 小城之春; pinyin: Xiǎochéng zhī chūn) is a 2002 Chinese film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. The film is a remake of director Fei Mu's 1948 film Spring in a Small Town and its original screenwriter is Li Tianji (Chinese: 李天濟; pinyin: Lǐ Tiānjì). Though the two movies are referred to by different English titles, they share the same title in Chinese. Springtime in a Small Town marks the return of Tian Zhuangzhuang to the director's chair, following a nearly nine-year absence since his last film, The Blue Kite (1993). It was funded by several production companies from China (Beijing Film Studio, Beijing Rosart Film), France (Orly Films, Paradis Films), and the Netherlands (Fortissimo Films). Unlike The Blue Kite, which deployed a large cast, spanned decades, and carried a political message, Springtime is a small intimate chamber-piece. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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