Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new perspective on life while reconsidering his failings as a father, a son, and a lover. While the seasons come and go, people get together and move apart. Only one thing will remain the same: The White Pagoda where they all meet sooner or later.Read More »
Zhuangzhuang Tian
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Lu Zhang – Bai ta zhi guang AKA The Shadowless Tower (2023)
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Zhuangzhuang Tian – Te bie shou shu shi AKA Unforgettable Life (1988)
1981-1990ChinaDramaFifth Generation Chinese CinemaZhuangzhuang TianLu Yun, an anchor of a television program, becomes pregnant before marriage but decides to have an induced abortion. After this induced abortion experience, she realizes the social problem of pregnancy before marriage and makes up her mind to carry out a special topic report in the hospital. In this movie, Chinese female’s attitude towards sex and the state of the sex education, sexual harassment in the office, incest happening between fathers and daughters, ultra-marriage love affairs, especially the harm done to the female who is pregnant before marriage are directly revealed.Read More »
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Zhuangzhuang Tian – Cha ma gu dao xi lie AKA Delamu (2004)
2001-2010ArthouseChinaDocumentaryFifth Generation Chinese CinemaZhuangzhuang TianImdb:
Delamu ¨C Tibetan for “Peace Angel”. Since ancient times, China’s two primary land routes connecting it to the outside world have been the Silk Road in the north, and Tea Horse-Road in the south. The mountain village of Bingzhongluo-Tibetan for “Village of Tibetans” is located on the high plateau of western Yunnan Province, at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain. Traveling along the Nujiang River, one can reach the southern Tibetan border town of Chawalong-Tibetan for “Valley of Dry Heat.” But with no roads connecting the two places, since ancient times the transport of all goods and supplies has relied entirely on horse caravans. The journey of more than 90 kilometers zigzags through high mountain slopes, dense forests, gorges and wastelands. Read More » -
Zhuangzhuang Tian – Yaogun Qingnian AKA Rock Kids (1988)
1981-1990ChinaDramaFifth Generation Chinese CinemaMusicalZhuangzhuang TianRealistic portraits of Chinese youth embracing western culture.Read More »
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Zhuangzhuang Tian – Lie chang zha sha AKA On The Hunting Ground (1984)
1981-1990AsianChinaDramaFifth Generation Chinese CinemaZhuangzhuang TianTian Zhuangzhuang is perhaps the best known of [the Fifth Generation] for reviving and revitalizing a staple of the Chinese film industry — the “national minority” genre. Made to celebrate the solidarity of the Chinese people under the Communist regime, these films, often made by studios based in the minority areas themselves, showcased the songs, dances, customs, and patriotism of the non-Han community. Stories of liberation, they usually contrast the “backwardness” of traditional life before the Revolution with the benefits of Chinese Communist rule.Read More »