So Long, My Son
20197.7movie
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Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
For So Long, My Son, which the director co-wrote with Ah Mei, and which unfolds over the course of three decades, the inspiration is drawn from closer to home. China’s recent history – the unforgiving one-child policy; the stinging tail…
epic story of two married couples enduring personal tragedy and state-imposed suffering is an almost unbearably poignant, profound masterpiece. ... The epic story of two married couples enduring personal tragedy and state-imposed suffering…
This is not an easy film to follow, partly because of a complex time scheme that zigzags repeatedly between decades, partly because characters change their looks through ageing makeup or (in the case of disco-loving bon viveur Xinjian, his…
