Spring in a Small Town U
Xiao cheng zhi chun
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 – now restored – is a remarkable rediscovery. After eight years of marriage to Liyan – once rich but now sickly and almost suicidally apathetic 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. Sophisticated cinematically and psychologically, the film eschews sentimentality for something far more beguiling.
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- Director
- Mu Fei
- Country
- China
- Year
- 1948
- Duration
- 98 mins
- Language
- Mandarin with English Subtitles.
- Cast
- Chaoming Cui, Wei Li, Yu Shi
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