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Dwelling by the West Lake

2024 · 118 min

A quiet, patient drama that lingers on faces and landscape, carrying a steady undercurrent of worry.

Directed by
Gu You
Genres
Drama
Starring
Leo Wu, Jiang Qinqin, Chen Jianbin
Overview
A mother and her son living amid economic turbulence in the beautiful Chinese green tea-farming landscape.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Gu You
Genres
Drama
Starring
Leo Wu, Jiang Qinqin, Chen Jianbin
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • class
    • survival
    • isolation
    Places
    • countryside
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Gu You
    Written by
    Guo Shuang, Gu You
    Starring
    Leo Wu, Jiang Qinqin, Chen Jianbin, Wang Jiajia, Liang Long, Wu Bi, Wang Hongwei, Ju Bozhan
    Music
    Shigeru Umebayashi
    Cinematography
    Guo Daming
    Runtime
    118 min
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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