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Summer Palace (2006)
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Original name: 颐和园
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, France
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou Wei. Driven by obsessive passions they can neither understand nor control, their relationship becomes one of dangerous games - betrayals, recriminations, provocations - as all around them, their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom. Was the only Asian film selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in 2006. In September of 2006, director Lou Ye was barred from making movies for five years because the film incorporated footage of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations and wasn't screened for Chinese officials. The Chinese government also demanded that all copies of the film be confiscated
Style:
atmospheric, touching, serious, emotional, sexual, bleak, realistic, contemplative, controversial, sexy ...
Plot:
true love, longing, politics, political protest, rebelliousness, idealism, youth, life is a bitch, social differences, society, political unrest, college life, road not taken, sexual relations, totalitarian regime, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, revolution, young lovers, love, female masturbation, outdoor sex, sensuality, college, university, love and romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, germany, asia, europe, berlin germany, beijing china, north korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 114 min.
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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