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The Blue kite

China, 1993
film

The fate of a Beijing family under Mao Tse Tung’s regime from the early 1950’s to the Cultural Revolution is the focus of this film by talented fi..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

The Birth of New China = Kai Guo Da Dian

China, 1989
Similarity: 76%

King of the children = Hai tzu wang

China, 1988
Similarity: 75%

Yellow earth

China, 1984
Similarity: 75%

A City of sadness = Bei quing cheng shi

Taiwan, Province Of China, 1989
Similarity: 75%

A Letter from the heavens = Tian tang hulxin

China, 1994
Similarity: 75%

Call of the home village = Xiang qing

China, 1981
Similarity: 75%

Mao's new suit

Australia, 1997
Similarity: 74%

Peiping family

United States, 1948
Similarity: 74%

The Green mountain of bamboo = Zhu shan qing qing

China, 1982
Similarity: 74%

Springtime in a small town = Xiao cheng zhi chun

China, 2002
Similarity: 74%

Storm = Lei Yu

China, 1984
Similarity: 74%

Crows and sparrows = Wuya yu maque [NTSC]

China, 1949
Similarity: 74%

The Lin family shop = Linjia puzi [NTSC]

China, 1959
Similarity: 74%

Devoted to the blue sky = Hun xi lan tian

China, 1982
Similarity: 74%

Farewell my concubine

China, 1993
Similarity: 74%

Sunrise over Tiananmen Square

China, 1998
Similarity: 74%

A Mongolian tale

China, 1992
Similarity: 73%

China today. No. 8102

China, 1980
Similarity: 73%
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