1950 · drama · historical
This Life of Mine
Directed by Shi Hui2h 0m1950
Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman and his family.
Our read: This Life of Mine (1950) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · historical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / historical, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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