Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Coming of age
Growing up in China at the end of the Cultural Revolution has to be a very unique experience.
A very special time and a historical moment is going on around you and you see glimpses, hear bits of information, sense the changes that are taking place everywhere.
How do I know this? Because I just finished watching
This film, made by a French company with all Chinese talent, follows the mundane daily lives of a small family. The boy is the film's writer director. He narrates.
This is a beautiful film but it also has scary moments that break into the bucolic life of the group of preteen boys who are seeing history unfold around them.
Nothing is direct. We are asked to watch and listen and observe this going on. It is very moving.
I liked this film a lot and would have no trouble seeing it again. There is so much filling every frame. I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
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