Springtime in a Small Town
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84 out of 100

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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.

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    100
    For Tian, who was banned from directing by Chinese authorities for a decade, it marks a triumphant return; for those who have loved the filmmaker's work in the past, few resurrections have seemed as welcome.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    100
    Tian's movie seems to be among the finest expressions of the Chinese new wave.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    90
    Simply put, it represents the work of a filmmaker so exhilaratingly in command of his craft that he can, among other things, turn a single image of two people standing next to each other -- fully clothed, their bodies not quite touching -- into one of the most sublimely erotic moments we have ever beheld on the screen.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    80
    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.

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