The Blue Kite

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-03-25

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China, Hong Kong

Runtime:

140 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (1877 Reviews)

Director:

Zhuangzhuang Tian

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Tian Yi Wenyao Zhang Xiaoman Chen Liping Lè

Writer:

Xiao Mao

Fullplot:

On Dry Well Lane in Beijing in 1953, Chen Shujuan and Lin Shaolong marry. A year later their son, nicknamed Tietou (Iron Head), is born. The Party is everywhere: Mao's photograph, loud-speaker announcements, visits from the neighborhood committee. Shaolong dies in a reform camp; a close family friend, who protects Shujuan and her son partly out of guilt for lying to authorities about Shaolong, succumbs to malnutrition; a confrontation with the Red Guard leads to injury, imprisonment and death. Shujuan's love for Tietou sustains her, and the child's blue kite embodies hope: "I can make another for you," says Tietou's dad; by the end, Tietou promises this to a small child

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