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Spring in a Small Town

小城之春

1948 · 94 min · Drama

In a decaying town in postwar China, the quiet, stifled life of an unhappily married couple is disturbed when an old friend of the husband — and a former love of the wife — arrives for a visit, reawakening buried longings. A tender, restrained masterpiece of Chinese cinema.

Runtime
94 min
Genre
Drama · Romance
Mood
romantic · thoughtful · dark
Entry
easy entry
Best for
first visit · shorter watch · film history

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive

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