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Crazy Arts

2016 · 99 min

A gentle, wry small-town comedy-drama about art and money, with a warm human core and a slow-building moral tug.

Directed by
Yushui Cai
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Zhang Yilong, Wang Deshun, Ying Zhuang
Overview
Chinese Painter Fang Henshui's artpiece Heaven Bali was sold for 10 billion RMB in audition. The old painter comes back to China from Indonesia and hides himself in ShuangQuan Town. Fang Hengshui's student Rome, Pretending to be a cultural industry investor, saying he wish to change the country with art. Actually, he is trying to get Fang Henshui's original manuscript and authorization to sell the painting. The distrust of Mr. Shui and the villagers hinders Rome's plan, until Rome's daughter's appearance. Under the influence of this town and the old painter, they start to get to know each other. Her long-parted daughter gradually helps Rome to win back his teacher's trust. As the plan gets closer to success, the already-changed-by-daughter Rome struggles. At this time, the debtee Wu Fugui has come to town, the plan to change country with art gets more and more crazy...

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Directed by
Yushui Cai
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Zhang Yilong, Wang Deshun, Ying Zhuang
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • greed
  • family
  • deception
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Zhang Yilong, Wang Deshun, Ying Zhuang
Runtime
99 min
Languages
Mandarin

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