Shanghai Dreams

Shanghai Dreams

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Release Date

6/3/2005

Runtime

123 mins

Genres

Overview

In 1980s China, the country is beginning to reform and workers who had been moved with their families to the provinces in the 60s now long to return to Shanghai. For one displaced family a conflict arises when their 19-year-old daughter finds love with a local boy, threatening their chance of a return to the city.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A tender, quietly absorbing portrait of a family caught between two lives, one they've built in exile and another they yearn to reclaim. The film explores the collision between personal desire and familial duty with patient, unhurried observation.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetContemplativeWistful

Themes

FamilyMigrationComing of ageIdentityClass

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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