Summer Palace

Summer Palace

Where did our love go…

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Release Date

5/18/2006

Runtime

135 mins

Overview

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A haunting portrait of youthful passion unraveling against the backdrop of historical turmoil, where intimate desire and political upheaval become inseparable. The film lingers on the weight of choices made during transformative, chaotic times.

Mood

MelancholicTenseRomanticDread-soakedWistful

Themes

LoveComing of ageGriefMemoryIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Graphic violence

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