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Blue Kite


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Date:1993
Director: Zhuangshuang Tian
Screenwriter: Xiao Mao
Featured Country: China
Running Time: 138
Format: Color
Original Language: Mandarin
Event: Chinese History


Set in China 1953-1967, "The Blue Kite" traces the effects of disastrous government policies on its people through the lives of Tietou, his mother Chen Shujuan (Lu Liping), and their friends and family. The film opens with the delay of the marriage of Tietou's parents due to the announced death of Stalin. As the film progresses, their peaceful existence is shattered by the Anti-Rightist Campaign, and Tietou's father dies as a result of relocation. During the subsequent enactments of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, Chen loses two more husbands and friends' and family's lives are torn apart. Based on true memories of the director Tian Zhuanzhuang and his friends, "The Blue Kite" won the Grand Prix at the 1993 Tokyo Film Festival despite having been banned in China. Click here to purchase Blue Kite