Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
Xiao cheng zhi chun (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 1h 56min
- Drama, Romance
- 24 Jan 2003 (Greece)
- Movie
The eight-year marriage of Liyan and Yuwen has left them both unfulfilled and distant. A visitor arrives from Shanghai, a doctor who's an old school friend of Liyan's and, unbeknownst to her husband, Yuwen's childhood sweetheart.
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Jingfan Hu | ... |
Yuwen
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Jun Wu | ... |
Dai Liyan
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Bai Qing Xin | ... |
Zhang Zhichen
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Xiaokeng Ye | ... |
Lao Huang
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Si Si Lu | ... |
Dai Xiu
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Directed by
| Zhuangzhuang Tian | ||
Written by
| Tianji Li | ... | (story) & |
| Cheng Ah | ... | (screenplay) |
| Mu Fei | ... | |
Produced by
| Wouter Barendrecht | ... | executive producer |
| Éric Heumann | ... | associate producer (as Eric Heumann) |
| William Kong | ... | producer (as Bill Kong) |
| Shaohong Li | ... | executive producer |
| Xiaowan Li | ... | producer |
| Marc Sillam | ... | associate producer |
| Yatming Tang | ... | producer |
| Alain Vannier | ... | associate producer |
| Michael J. Werner | ... | executive producer |
| Buting Yang | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Lin Zhao | ||
Cinematography by
| Ping Bin Lee | ... | (as Mark Li Ping-bing) |
Editing by
| Jianping Xu | ||
Production Design by
| Guangming Cheng | ||
| Tim Yip | ... | (as Tim Yip Kam-tim) |
Art Direction by
| James David Goldmark | ||
| Xinran Tu | ||
Costume Design by
| Tim Yip | ... | (as Timmy Yip) |
Production Management
| William Kong | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| He Lai | ... | first assistant director |
| Mukuan Lai | ... | first assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jiajin Lu | ... | sound |
Production Companies
- Beijing Film Studio
- Beijing Rosart Film
- China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
- Fortissimo Films
- Orly Films
- Paradis Films
Distributors
- Filmmuseum Distributie (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye (2003) (United Kingdom)
- Filmfreak Distributie (2004) (Netherlands) (video)
- Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
- Palm Pictures
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Storyline
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Liyan and Yuwen live in post-war torpor, childless but with Liyan's school-aged sister. He coughs, imagining he has TB; Yuwan embroiders; they sleep in separate rooms. A surprise visit from Liyan's boyhood friend Zhang, a big city physician, wakes up the household. To Zhang's amazement, he discovers his friend's wife is his own youthful sweetheart. Possibilities abound: an affair, an arranged marriage of Zhang and Little Sister, now 16, or simply ending ennui and embracing vitality. Can a stifling atmosphere of Chinese Chekhov give way to spring? Alcohol at a birthday party speeds resolution.
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| Movie Connections | Referenced in The Holiday (2006). See more » |