11 Flowers (2011)

Original title

我11

Directed by

Wang Xiaoshuai

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China, France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy in 1970s China loses his white shirt, which marks him as the best gymnast at his school. The loss becomes a symbol of his childhood confusion during the Cultural Revolution.

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What happens

11 Flowers (Chinese: 我11; pinyin: wǒ shí yī) is a 2011 film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai centered on a boy named Wang Han who loses his white shirt which shows that he is his school's best gymnast. The loss of the shirt is to take on greater metaphorical meaning as the film progresses which is inspired by the director's own experience as a youth during the Cultural Revolution and Third Front construction and the more general confusion of childhood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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