The Alley

Xiao jie

China

1981

100 Min

Color

Mandarin

Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
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CAST Guo Kaimin, Zhang Yu, Yang Yanjin, Qiu Shisui, Chen Danrong

PROD DES Liu Fan

SOUND Lin Bingsheng

Cannes (Directors' Fortnight), Melbourne

Synopsis

The Alley is the story of two youths, Xia, an easy going, good-humored mechanic, and Yu, who is rather shy and delicate. They first met in the late sixties, during the chaotic days of the Cultural Revolution in China. The chaos and desperation around them strengthens their friendship, but one day Xia discovers that his friend actually a girl. Yu then tells him her story – the sufferings of her family, why she had to disguise herself. —Melbourne International Film Festival

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Arsaib

18Mar11

Featuring enough flashbacks and finales to fuel many a screenwriter's dreams, this formally and narratively ambitious film subverts viewers' expectations at every turn. Transgressive cinema under the guise of a mainstream weepie.

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