A 3-hour film from China - that can be a challenge. But this film is worth all the effort.
It's about two families who experience the changing years and decades after 1980. The drama of China's one-child policy plays a role, but so do the breathtaking changes that the entire country has experienced over the past 40 years. During this time, the fishing village of Chongqing, which is close to where the protagonists live, has become a metropolis with a population of 30 million. This film shows very clearly what this can mean for normal people.
The focus is particularly on a married couple played by Mei YONG and Jingchun WANG. Both actors were awarded a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the BERLINALE 2019. Completely right!
There is a particularly nice moment when you see and hear that in China in the 1980s people celebrated to the sounds of the West German pop band Boney M.
It's about two families who experience the changing years and decades after 1980. The drama of China's one-child policy plays a role, but so do the breathtaking changes that the entire country has experienced over the past 40 years. During this time, the fishing village of Chongqing, which is close to where the protagonists live, has become a metropolis with a population of 30 million. This film shows very clearly what this can mean for normal people.
The focus is particularly on a married couple played by Mei YONG and Jingchun WANG. Both actors were awarded a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the BERLINALE 2019. Completely right!
There is a particularly nice moment when you see and hear that in China in the 1980s people celebrated to the sounds of the West German pop band Boney M.