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Spring in a Small Town (DVD) DVD

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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 by the China Film Archive – 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 the invalid included. Liyan’s young... sister is not alone in her excitement over the much-travelled guest; Yuwen knew him before her marriage… In 2005 Spring In a Small Town was declared No.1 in the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures. A re-make as Springtime in a Small Town by Tian Zhuangzhuang was released in 2002 but this is the first time that the original film has been available on DVD in the UK. Features: Rare Chinese shorts from the BFI National Archive Fully illustrated booklet with complete film credits [show more]

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Released
23 February 2015
Directors
Actors
Format
DVD 
Publisher
Bfi 
Classification
Runtime
94 minutes 
Features
Dolby, PAL 
Barcode
5035673020142 
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.  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 is a remarkable rediscovery, often compared to David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945). After eight years of marriage to Liyan -once rich but now a shadow of his former self 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, but also stirs up dangerously suppressed longings and resentments. Director Feu Mu's deft use of locations, dissolves and camera movements makes for a fraught, febrile mood of hesitant passion, entrapment and ennui. Cinematically and psychologically sophisticated, Spring in a Small Town has been restored by the China Film Archive, and is accompanied here by a number of rare and fascinating films from the BFI National Archive.

Chinese drama based during the time of the Sino-Japanese War. Yu Shi plays Dai Liyan, a house-bound invalid who dreams of times gone by. His wife, Zhou Yuwen (Wei Wei), is stuck in a loveless marriage and has her own dreams of a better future. When Liyan's childhood friend Zhang Zhichen (Li Wei) returns home from Shanghai he is surprised to see that old flame Yuwen is now Liyan's wife. Will Yuwen be able to put aside her feelings for her past love and remain true to her husband in his final days?