Buddha Mountain (2010)

Original title

观音山

Directed by

Li Yu

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

IIA

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young people in China drift through life avoiding school and exams. They rent a room from an elderly retired opera singer who is grieving her dead son. Their lives slowly intertwine as each character struggles with loss and uncertainty.

melancholicslow-burnintrospectivepoignantearthyyearningquietreflective

What happens

Buddha Mountain is a 2010 drama film directed by Li Yu and starring Sylvia Chang, Fan Bingbing and Chen Bolin. It was produced by Laurel Films, a small independent production company owned by Fang Li and based in Beijing. Laurel Films also produced Li Yu's previous film Lost in Beijing. This film chronicles the lives of three youths who have no intention of sitting exams and getting into universities and a retired Chinese opera singer who is mourning the death of her son. The film explores themes of teenage confusion, angst, and rebellion and the impermanence of life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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