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
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
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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