Underplayed Gems

Come Back Swallow (1981)

Come Back Swallow poster
Original title
Yen gui lai
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In the 1950s, a married couple studying medicine is chosen to study abroad. The woman angers Party members and is exiled to Mongolia. They divorce, but she leaves pregnant without telling him. They reunite twenty years later.

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What happens

Yen gui lai () est un film chinois réalisé par Fu Jinggong, sorti en 1981. Dans les années 1950, un couple marié d'étudiants en médecine est sélectionné pour étudier à l'étranger. La femme s'est mis à dos des membres du Parti et est exilée en Mongolie. Le couple divorce, mais la femme part enceinte sans prévenir son mari. Ils se retrouvent vingt ans plus tard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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