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Bright-Eyes

1984 · 106 min

A gentle, earnest drama that lingers on quiet despair and the fragile comfort of being understood, leaving a soft ache.

Directed by: Dong Kena
Genres: Drama
Starring: Xie Fang, Zhang Guomin, Zhang Yu

Overview: An outstanding college student who lost his sight accidentally has no faith to live on until he meet an encouraging girl who is also blind. But the girl leaves him when his sight is recovered and tells him not to treat promise as shackles.

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Directed by: Dong Kena
Genres: Drama
Starring: Xie Fang, Zhang Guomin, Zhang Yu

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: healing
isolation
love
identity
freedom
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Dong Kena
Written by: Ying Hang
Starring: Xie Fang, Zhang Guomin, Zhang Yu, Jian Li
Runtime: 106 min
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

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