Winter and Spring Days
- Ali San
- Feb 18, 1994
- 1 min read
1993 Dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
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Type: Drama
Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
Screenwriters: Wang Xiaoshuai
Actors: Liu Xiaodong/Yu Hong/Lou Ye
Showtimes: 1994-02-18
The young couple Dong (played by Liu Xiaodong) and Chun (played by Yu Hong) teach at an art academy in Beijing and live a poor and dull life. As time goes by, their passion seems to have been worn away by the stylized life, and even sex has almost become a routine. This is China in the early 1990s. The country has just opened its doors, and the outside world is seeping in bit by bit, just like the flowers in early spring quietly melting away the cold winter in Beijing. Dong and Chun have been dating since high school. Now, in addition to teaching, Dong spends every day painting in the dormitory provided by the school. Frustrated, he wants to sell his paintings abroad to earn some US dollars. His wife Chun is also a painter, but she suffers from the tedious daily life and is unable to focus on her career. Dong overheard Chun talking on the phone with her ex-boyfriend who was far away in the United States. Facing the temptation of the United States, he felt that Chun might abandon everything at any time and go to a foreign country to experience the life they longed for. In order to save his endangered marriage, Dong took Chun back to his hometown in the northeastern countryside to visit his parents. The reunion life had just begun, but unexpectedly Chun received news from the United States and went back to Beijing to pack his bags in advance. A few months later, Dong suffered a mental breakdown and was sent to the hospital...
The film was shot on black-and-white film. The desolate scenery of Beijing in the early 1990s and the confused life of young artists at that time are both poetic and endlessly confused.
Awards
Best Director Award at the 45th Italian Smino Art Film Festival
Best Film Award at the 34th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece
Selected by the British BBC as "One of the 100 Best Films for the 100th Anniversary of Cinema"
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