Chinese director Lou Ye fourth film sets a feverish love affair between two Beijing University students against backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and its decade-long aftermath. It's a bit like a Chinese SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS.
Beijing, China, 1988. Presented with the rare opportunity to continue her education at Beijing University, Yu Hong (Lei Hao) has said goodbye to her long-time boyfriend Xiao Jun (Lin Cui) and her widowed father, and has traded life in the relatively small northeastern town of Tumen for the hustle and bustle of the Chinese capital. The dorms in Beijing are cramped and the streets are crowded, but the university is bursting ...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
140 mins