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- 2004
- PG
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 56 m
- 2004
- PG
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 56 m
Summary Set in China in 1946, shortly after the withdrawal of Japanese troops, this is the story of a couple in a small town whose lives are interrupted by the visit of the husband's old friend from Shanghai.
Directed By: Zhuangzhuang Tian
Written By: Tianji Li, Cheng Ah, Mu Fei
- 2004
- PG
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 56 m
- 2004
- PG
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 56 m
Springtime in a Small Town
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Summary Set in China in 1946, shortly after the withdrawal of Japanese troops, this is the story of a couple in a small town whose lives are interrupted by the visit of the husband's old friend from Shanghai.
Directed By: Zhuangzhuang Tian
Written By: Tianji Li, Cheng Ah, Mu Fei
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
86
100% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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It is a beautifully acted, exquisitely considered chamber drama of subtlety and nuance: spellbindingly tender and utterly involving
Tian's movie seems to be among the finest expressions of the Chinese new wave.
There's a painterly translucence to this ''Springtime,'' and a mystery, too; each frame is as delicately poised and lit as a Vermeer portrait of a woman, beckoning but unknowable.
As Mark Li Ping-bing's beautiful cinematography observes the change of season, the movie becomes a broader meditation on rebirth, and how, in the language of T. S. Eliot, April, the month that stirs such hopes for the future, is also "the cruellest month" for awakening such keen desire.
A beautiful, slow-motion melodrama.
The film exudes a sense of fleetingness; however static these lives may be, Tian's narrative perfectly evokes a changing season.
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Awards
Chinese Film Media Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Golden Rooster Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
