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City Without Nights

1957 · 130 min

A slow, serious period drama of duty and family obligation, carrying a quiet melancholy as ideals meet the hard realities of running a business.

Directed by
Xiaodan Tang
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lin Bin, Daolin Sun, Han Tao
Overview
Set in the 1940s, City without Night follows the fortunes of Zhang Bohan who returns from studies in England to put his father-in-law’s textile factory back on track.

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Directed by
Xiaodan Tang
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lin Bin, Daolin Sun, Han Tao
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • work
  • class
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Xiaodan Tang
Written by
Ling Ke
Starring
Lin Bin, Daolin Sun, Han Tao, Min Zheng, Jingkang Li, Cui Chaoming, Gu Ye-Lu, Huang Wansu
Cinematography
Zhou Daming
Runtime
130 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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