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24 January 2003 (Greece)
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Liyan and Yuwen live in post-war torpor, childless but with Liyan's school-aged sister. He coughs, imagining...
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3 wins
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Jingfan Hu | ... | Yuwen |
| Jun Wu | ... | Dai Liyan |
| Bai Qing Xin | ... | Zhang Zhichen |
| Xiao Keng Ye | ... | Lao Huang |
| Si Si Lu | ... | Dai Xiu |
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Springtime in a Small Town (International: English title) (USA)
Printemps dans une petite ville (France)
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Printemps dans une petite ville (France)
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Rated PG for some thematic elements.
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116 min | Argentina:115 min (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema) | Canada:112 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Referenced in The Holiday (2006)
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After being banned from film-making by the Chinese authorities for ten years, the director of The Blue Kite is back and this time he's not taking any chances: steering clear away from all things political, Tian remade a Chinese classic about a love-triangle.
After WWII, the sickly Liyan lives with his frustrated wife Yuwen and his younger sister Xiu on his shell-damaged family estate. One day their languid existence is ruptured by a visit from Zhang, Liyan's college friend. As you can sorta expect, it turns out Zhang and Yuwen were in love before they were separated by the war and she married Liyan. Under a quiescent surface, restrained longings are smoldering...
Springtime in a Small Town is a slow, beautiful and delicate movie that fully explores the rich complexity and ambiguity of its characters.
Hint: if you ever find yourself in a situation as described above it's perhaps not a good idea to start playing drinking games.