A Woman (2024)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 1876 Kbps | 113 min | 1,69 Gb
Audio: Chinese E-AC3 5.1 @ 256 Kbps
Subs: English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian
Genre: Drama
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 1876 Kbps | 113 min | 1,69 Gb
Audio: Chinese E-AC3 5.1 @ 256 Kbps
Subs: English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian
Genre: Drama
Director: Chao Wang
Stars: Hao Guixiang, Shiyu Shen, Xuedong Wang
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Kong Xiu, an ordinary female worker, bravely got rid of the shackles of two unfortunate marriages, and grew up to be a writer in her spare time in the heavy workshop work.
Director Wang Chao managed to capture a tender and delicate stance of an ordinary woman, which is in contrast with the industrial-based communist regime of 1960s and 1970s. This slow-burn Chinese picture offers a beatifully built story with incredibly intimate cinematography and simple yet strong production design. Although at first I wished that the protagonist's feelings and emotions were shown a bit more prominently so that the audience could connect with her on a deeper level, in the end I actually realised that the fact that we don't get to see the protagonist's emotional breakdowns corresponds perfectly with the reality of her life - she can't let anything get to her or break her, because she just has to keep pushing through every hardship in order to survive - and in that way she is forced to stay a bit indifferent to everything that affects her. She has a great chararcter developement, which is essentially the main point and message of this picture.
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