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Summer Palace (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 4 Fresh: 2  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.2/10
 
Consensus: Though it suffers from excessive length and inconsistent pacing, Summer Palace is held aloft by Hao Lei's riveting performance.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Theatrical Release: Jan 18, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: China, 1989 Two young lovers play out their complex, erotic, love/hate relationship against a volatile backdrop of political unrest. Beautiful Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her boyfriend to study in Beijing, where she discovers a world of intense sexual and emotional... China, 1989 Two young lovers play out their complex, erotic, love/hate relationship against a volatile backdrop of political unrest. Beautiful Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her boyfriend to study in Beijing, where she discovers a world of intense sexual and emotional experimentation, and falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou Wei. Their relationship becomes one of dangerous games, as all around them their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom. Lou Ye (SUZHOU RIVER; PURPLE BUTTERFLY) reveals a portrait of a place and a generation - China and liberated Chinese youth - as never seen before in the West. By turns lyrical and brutal, elegiac and erotic, SUMMER PALACE depicts a passionate love story and the struggle for personal liberty jeopardized by history and fate. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Lei Hao, Xiaodong Guo, Ling Hu, Xianmin Zhang

Director: Ye Lou
Screenwriter: Ye Lou, Feng Mei, Ma Yingli
Producer: Li Fang, An Nai, Sylvain Bursztejn
Composer: Peyman Yazdanian

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 11, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

Audio:

  • 5.1 Surround Sound

Additional Release Material:

  • Making of Featurette
  • Trailer
  • Previews

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keauxgeigh 08/19/08
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When I saw this film, I didn't know it was by the director (Ye Lou) who also did another of one of my favorite films, Suzhou... More
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eurosoccerboy2 03/05/08
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Harlequin68 01/21/08
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"Summer Palace" starts in 1987 with Yu Hong(Lei Huo) who lives near the North Korean border being accepted to Beijing... More
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