BLUE KITE [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Banned in China, where the director was under close government scrutiny for making the film “without permission.” THE BLUE KITE is the most acclaimed and controversial of all the films to come out of the new Chinese cinema. Told from the perspective of a young boy, Tietou, it traces the fate of a Beijing family and their neighbors as they experience the political and social upheavals in 1950's and 60's China.; ; Tietou's parents, a liberian and school teacher, both loyal communist party members, soon learn that even the most innocent criticisms can be interpreted by the Party as imperalist propaganda. Over the next fifteen years, Tietou observes the adverse effects of party policy on various members of his family. The only image of hope and freedom offered in the film is a blue kite given to Tietou by his father, which he later passes on to the next generation.
• Cast: Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lü, Quanxin Pu, Xuejian Li, Baochang Guo, Ping Zong, Quanzhong Chu, Xiaoying Song, Hong Zhang, Yanjin Liu, Bin Li, Zhang Lu, Donglin Guo, Shumin Wu, Zhuangzhuang Tian, Xiao Mao
• Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian
• Runtime: 2:18
• Company: Kino Video, Beijing Film Studio, Longwick Film
• Media Format: Movie