The Golden Era (2014)

Original title

黃金時代

Directed by

Ann Hui

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 59m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This biographical drama follows the lives of several important Chinese writers from the 20th century. It focuses on Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun as they navigate personal relationships and political upheaval.

slow-burnmelancholicreflectiveliteraryintimatemeditativeunderstated

What happens

The Golden Era (Chinese: 黄金时代) is a 2014 biographical drama film directed by Ann Hui, written and executive produced by Li Qiang and starring Tang Wei and Feng Shaofeng. Tang portrays Xiao Hong, while Feng plays Xiao Jun, two of the most important writers of 20th century China. Other notable characters portrayed include Lu Xun (played by Wang Zhiwen), Duanmu Hongliang (played by Zhu Yawen) and Ding Ling (played by Hao Lei). The film is a Chinese-Hong Kong co-production. It was screened out of competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. The movie won Best Film and Best Director awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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