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My Country, My Parents

2021 · 156 min

A solemn, patriotic pageant of sacrifice and inheritance, sweeping across decades with swelling sentiment and a few gentle comic notes.}{.

Directed by: Shen Teng, Xu Zheng
Genres: Drama
Starring: Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng

Overview: This anthology drama presents four short films honoring Chinese families, spotlighting the struggles of key groups across four pivotal eras: the revolution, construction, reform and opening up, and the new era, while highlighting their perseverance, dedication to ideals, and commitment to passing on the national spirit through generations.

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Directed by: Shen Teng, Xu Zheng
Genres: Drama
Starring: Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
survival
ambition
memory
faith
Places: countryside
small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Shen Teng, Xu Zheng, Zhang Ziyi, Wu Jing
Written by: Xu Zheng, Yu Baimei, He Keke, Li Yuan
Starring: Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng, Shen Teng, Huang Xuan, Song Jia, Zhang Yuqi, Tao Hong
Music: Fei Peng, Yu Fei
Cinematography: Sun Ming, Lai Yiu-Fai
Runtime: 156 min
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

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