The Blue Kite

The Blue Kite

A history untold, a memory unfolds.

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Release Date

2/2/1994

Runtime

141 mins

Genres

Overview

A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting portrait of childhood innocence colliding with political upheaval, told through the eyes of a boy watching his family fractured by the upheavals of 1950s-60s China. It's a film of quiet devastation that unfolds with the inexorable weight of history.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulContemplativeMournful

Themes

MemoryFamilySurvivalComing of age

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Child endangerment

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