The Lovers

The Lovers

Life is fleeting as a butterfly.

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Release Date

8/13/1994

Runtime

107 mins

Overview

In 3A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but handsome and industrious young man.

Status

Released

Original Language

cn

Budget

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Revenue

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A delicate period romance where forbidden love blooms across class lines in ancient China, colored by the awareness that beauty and youth are fleeting. The film embraces romantic yearning alongside the melancholy knowledge that some loves cannot survive the world's constraints.

Mood

RomanticWistfulBittersweetMelancholic

Themes

LoveComing of ageIdentityClass

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

PainterlyNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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