The Blue Kite
1993 · 141 min · Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian, Tian Zhuangzhuang
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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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The Blue Kite (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, History. AI estimate.
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Cast
Chen Shujuan
Lin Shaolong
Chen Shusheng
Zhu Ying
Chen Shuyan
Sis
Shujuan's Mother
Granny
Lin Yunwei
Mrs. Lan
Street Committee Officer
吴雷生
文工团长
Details
- Directed by
- Zhuangzhuang Tian, Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Written by
- Mao Xiao, Cui Jiajun
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1993
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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