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Controversial feature about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Lou Ye's deliberately controversial movie shows his own idealistic, sexually liberated generation falling apart in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Lou Ye's deliberately controversial feature turns on the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. A girl and boy drift into a casual/intense sexual relationship when they arrive in Beijing as students. But they and their generation fall to pieces at home and abroad in the aftermath of the 'Democracy Movement' and the massacre. The dark side of the romantic enigmas Lou explored in Suzhou River.
- Directed by:
- Lou Ye
- Cast:
- Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling, Zhang Xianmin
- Country:
- China-France
- Year:
- 2006
- Running time:
- 135min
