Fresh
Though made in 2006, its American release could not have been better timed.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Overview
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Search out this vivid film in a theater. Don't let the sacrifices he [Director Lou Ye] made be in vain.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Like a Tolstoyan epic.
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
I still must recommend Summer Palace, especially for the remarkably strong performance by Hao Lei as Yu Hong, the daughter of a shopkeeper in the provinces.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Lou Ye's Summer Palace examines youthful idealism and its unhappy aftermath.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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