Film
Hibiscus Town
Sun, May 7, 2017
- 7:15PM
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RUN TIME: 164min
FORMAT: 35mm
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May 2017
Sunday May 07, 2017
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Part of
BAMcinématek 2017
series Jiang Wen Rising
Directed by Xie Jin | 1986
With Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wen, Liu Linian
“A moving account of survival in the face of widespread social and political madness, told with clarity, compassion, and insight”
—Time Out London
Balancing epic breadth with human detail, this sweeping historical saga follows the fortunes of a bean curd seller as she goes from self-made success to persona non grata during the tumultuous years of the Cultural Revolution, ultimately finding love with another enemy of the state.
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