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Last Laugh

2016 · 108 min

A quiet, quietly crushing watch, full of awkward silences and small humiliations, leaving a lingering ache about how families treat their old.

Overview
In the Shandong province, an old farmer woman falls. That is enough for her children to sign her up in a nursing home. Nevertheless, places are rare and the poor ill woman is forced to live at her unwelcoming children’s, waiting for a bed to be freed.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • aging
  • isolation
  • class
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Zhang Tao
Written by
Zhang Tao
Starring
Yu Fengyuan, Li Fengyun, Chen Shilan, Pan Yun, Ruan Fengming, Wei Yongzhi, Zhang Jun
Runtime
108 min
Country
China, France, Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin

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