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Xiao cheng zhi chun = Spring in a small town /

小城之春 = Spring in a small town /
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Regarded as the finest work from the first great era of Chinese filmmaking, Fei Mu's quiet, piercingly poignant study of adulterous desire and guilt-ridden despair is a remarkable rediscovery, often compared to David Lean's Brief Encounter. After eight years of marriage to Liyan--once rich...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: British Film Institute
Other Authors: Fei, Mu, 1906-1951, Li, Tianji, 1921-1995, Shi, Yu, 1914-2008, Li, Wei, 1919-2005, Wei, Wei, 1918-, Zhang, Hongmei, 1927-2005, Cui, Chaoming, 1918-2010, Li, Shengwei, Zhu, Dexiong, 1924-
Format: Video DVD
Language:Chinese
Language Notes:In Chinese (Mandarin) with optional English subtitles.
Published: London : British Film Institute, 2015.
Subjects:
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > China > Drama.
Marriage > China > Drama.
Country life > China > Drama.
Families > China > Drama.
Love > Drama.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
Feature films.
Cinéma chinois.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Marriage
Families
Country life
Feature films
Love
Motion pictures, Chinese
China
Romance films
Fiction films
Drama
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Feature films > China.
Romance films > China.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures > China.
Mandarin dialect films.
Films d'amour.
Films de fiction.
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Summary:Regarded as the finest work from the first great era of Chinese filmmaking, Fei Mu's quiet, piercingly poignant study of adulterous desire and guilt-ridden despair is a remarkable rediscovery, often compared to David Lean's Brief Encounter. After eight years of marriage to Liyan--once rich but now a shadow of his former self following a long, ruinous war--Yuwen does little except deliver his daily medication. A surprise visit from Liyan's friend Zhang re-energises the household, but also stirs up dangerously suppressed longings and resentments. Director Fei Mu's deft use of locations, dissolves and camera movements makes for a fraught, febrile mood of hesitant passion, entrapment and ennui. Cinematically and psychologically sophisticated, Spring in a Small Town has been restored by the China Film Archive, and is accompanied here by two rare and fascinating films from the BFI National Archive. -- Container cover.
Item Description:Coded for region 2; user must have a DVD player that will play region 2 DVDs.
Extras: A small town in China (1933) -- This is China (1946) -- BFI re-release trailer.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (9 pages).
Format:DVD ; Region 2.
Production Credits:Director: Fei Mu ; Production company: Wenhua Film Company ; Executive producer: Wang Wanbin ; Producer: Bi Jianping ; Production assistant: Wang Yun ; Screenplay: Li Tianji ; Director of photography, Li Shengwei ; Editors: Xu Ming, Wei Shunbao ; Art director, Zhu Dexiong ; Set designer: Chi Ning ; Costumes: Qi Qiuming ; Make-up: Da Xu ; Music: Laohuang Yijun ; Sound: Miao Zhenyu.