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The Chinese Botanist's Daughters

2006 · 95 min

A quiet, sensual and ultimately devastating story of forbidden love, unfolding slowly in a lush, isolated garden.

Directed by
Dai Sijie
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mylène Jampanoï, Li Xiaoran, Wang Weiguang
Overview
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.

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Directed by
Dai Sijie
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mylène Jampanoï, Li Xiaoran, Wang Weiguang
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • family
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Dai Sijie
Written by
Nadine Perront, Dai Sijie
Starring
Mylène Jampanoï, Li Xiaoran, Wang Weiguang, Như Quỳnh, Nguyen Van Quang, Linh Thj Bich Thu, Xuân Thức, Phương Thanh
Music
Eric Levi
Cinematography
Guy Dufaux
Runtime
95 min
Country
Canada, France
Languages
Mandarin

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