Springtime in a Small Town
Drama, Romance
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2002
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In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
PG
Runtime:
116 min
Release date:
4 Sep 2002
Country:
CN
Languages:
Chinese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The result is paradoxically more theatrical than the original -- but thanks to serene cinematography and superb design, sumptuously so.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Only a director who truly knows repression could have made a movie so subtle and so understanding.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Dec 2004
fresh:
Reinventing his source just as boldly as he has reinvented his artistic identity, Tian circumvents the usual mentality of remakes by making his material brand-new.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
10 Jul 2004
fresh:
This isn't a radical film by any means, but in its gentle tempo, its avoidance of the obvious and stubborn insistence on the decency of its three touchingly human characters, 'Springtime in a Small Town' weighs in as refreshingly, pleasurably different.
– Manohla Dargis,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2004
fresh:
A movie that drifts across the screen with the delicacy of linen floating on a warm breeze, whose slow, sensual camera movements are like tiptoes on rice paper, yet which can sting us with the suddenness of a bee concealed in clover.
– Scott Foundas,
L.A. Weekly,
26 May 2004