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Summer Palace

2007 · 135 min

A restless, drifting immersion into a volatile love affair, heavy with longing and the quiet ache of history passing through private lives.

Directed by: Lou Ye
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling

Tagline: Where did our love go…
Overview: Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.

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Directed by: Lou Ye
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
obsession
isolation
identity
politics
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Lou Ye
Written by: Ma Yingli, Mei Feng, Lou Ye
Starring: Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling, Zhang Xianmin, Cui Lin, Chloe Maayan, Bai Xueyun, Duan Yihong
Music: Peyman Yazdanian
Cinematography: Hua Qing
Runtime: 135 min
Country: China, France
Languages: Mandarin, German, Korean

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