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Shower

1999 · 92 min

A gentle, bittersweet slice of life that quietly builds to a moving meditation on family and change.

Directed by
Zhang Yang
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin, Jiang Wu
Overview
An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.

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Directed by
Zhang Yang
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin, Jiang Wu
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Zhang Yang
Written by
Cai Shangjun, Xin Huo, Diao Yinan, Zhang Yang
Starring
Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin, Jiang Wu, Li Ding, Feng Shun, He Bing, Du Peng, Sui Yongqing
Runtime
92 min
Country
China
Languages
English, Spanish, Mandarin

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