The Chinese Widow

The Chinese Widow

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Release Date

11/10/2017

Runtime

97 mins

Overview

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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Revenue

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A WWII romance that unfolds quietly in occupied China, balancing intimate human connection against the constant danger of war. The film finds tenderness and hope in the unlikely bond between a stranded American soldier and the widow who risks everything to shelter him.

Mood

BittersweetTenseRomanticHopeful

Themes

LoveWarSurvivalRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Two-hander

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Graphic violence

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