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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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.7/10 | |
Released: | March 25, 1994 | |
Runtime: | 140 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Fortissimo Films Beijing Film Studio Chu Eyetos & Co. Longwick Film | |
Cast: | Liping Lü Tian Yi Wenyao Zhang Xiaoman Chen | |
Crew: | Zhuangzhuang Tian Xiao Mao | |
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