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Spring is Splendid Color

1959 · 115 min

A gentle, earnest social drama that moves at a steady pace, offering a warm and lightly didactic look at community life.

Directed by
Shen Fu
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ruifang Zhang, Sha Li, Wang Yi
Overview
In the late 1950s, during China’s Great Leap Forward, Shanghai housewives participated, supported by Dai Mama from the neighbourhood committee. Liu Mama opposed her daughter-in-law Wang Caifeng’s involvement, wanting her to stay home, but her son Liu Genfa supported Caifeng. Zheng Baoqing also opposed his wife Cai Guizhen joining the production group, but Cai ignored him, organised her household, and led the sewing group. Dai Mama helped persuade Zheng Baoqing to change his mind. Lu Afeng joined the sewing group out of fear they would borrow her machine but felt ashamed when they made coats for the children’s welfare home.

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Directed by
Shen Fu
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ruifang Zhang, Sha Li, Wang Yi
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • gender
  • family
  • class
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Shen Fu
Written by
Baiyin Qu, Shen Fu, Nianxuan Tian
Starring
Ruifang Zhang, Sha Li, Wang Yi, Xuepeng Fan, Huang Chen, Sujiang Wang, Daolin Sun, Gao Bo
Music
Wang Yun-Jie
Cinematography
Zhu Jing
Runtime
115 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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