Underplayed Gems

And the Spring Comes (2007)

And the Spring Comes poster
Original title
立春
Directed by
Gu Changwei
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman in a small Chinese town dreams of becoming an opera singer. She deals with disappointment and rejection from the people around her.

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What happens

And the Spring Comes (Chinese: 立春; pinyin: lì chūn) is a 2007 film directed by Gu Changwei, written by Li Qiang. This is Gu's second feature following his acclaimed feature debut Peacock. The film premiered at the 2007 Rome Film Festival, and the lead actress Jiang Wenli, also Gu Changwei's wife, won the Best Actress award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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