Kaili Blues (2015)
Kaili Blues (2015)
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280x720 | x264 @ 5048 Kbps | 110 min | 4,14 Gb
Audio: Mandarin (官话) FLAC 2.0 @ 337 Kbps | Subs: English, T/S Chinese (中文)
Genre: Art-house, Drama, Mystery
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280x720 | x264 @ 5048 Kbps | 110 min | 4,14 Gb
Audio: Mandarin (官话) FLAC 2.0 @ 337 Kbps | Subs: English, T/S Chinese (中文)
Genre: Art-house, Drama, Mystery
Director: Gan Bi
Writer: Gan Bi
Stars: Yongzhong Chen, Yue Guo, Linyan Liu
In the mystical, subtropical province of Guizhou, there is a small county clinic surrounded by fog. At the Kaili clinic, there are two doctors who live quiet, lonely lives. One of the doctors, Chen Sheng, embarks on a journey by train to find his nephew, who had been abandoned by his brother. On the way to Zhenyuan, Chen Sheng came across a place called Dang Mai, where time seemed to flow both forwards and backwards, the lives of the local people a complete mystery. He experiences his own past and future, lending him insight into his own life. Once Chen arrives at Zhen Yuan, rather than approaching his nephew, he watches secretly from a distance, he is surprised to find that his nephew flourished in the absence of his father, and decides not to interfere in his life. Before he had left Kaili, he had promised his colleague that he w ould stop by the home of her former lover to deliver some items, but upon his arrival, he is told that the man had passed away, and he leaves the box of mementos…
IMDB - 22 wins
This is truly a very surprising film. After glancing past a lot of reviews, I just thought of this film as the stereotype of many artistic films: obscure and crammed with inexplicable meanings. True, this film is all that, but not at all in a bad, sketchy way. First, you have to know that in order to really love the film, you have to be Chinese or have a very very deep association with the Chinese culture. Bi Gan, the director, tells a story from the most overseen part of Chinese culture, it is a part that often stems from a mixture of childhood memories, folklore, and the daily life. It touches me in a way not at all expected and seems to speak to me from the deepest, most hidden memories of childhood, when everything is sort of blurred and juxtaposed together. Second, what's also wonderful about this film is that Bi Gan was able to make this motion picture – which for decades has resembled storytelling – a poetic narration. He mixes together quite a bit of images and symbolisms, and although the way he puts it together seems to be quite intuitive, the product is incredibly beautiful.
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Kaili Blues (2015)
Kaili Blues (2015)
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