The Golden Era
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The life of Chinese writer Xiao Hong, from her childhood in the Heilongjiang Province to her final days in Hong Kong's Repulse Bay. The love of the author's life, newspaper editor Xiao Jun and the inspiration she drew from him as well as the surrounding literary scene in creating some of China's most enduring masterpieces is explored against the backdrop of a turbulent time that included the formation of the Chinese Communist government and World War II.... (Full plot summary below)

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The life of Chinese writer Xiao Hong, from her childhood in the Heilongjiang Province to her final days in Hong Kong's Repulse Bay. The love of the author's life, newspaper editor Xiao Jun and the inspiration she drew from him as well as the surrounding literary scene in creating some of China's most enduring masterpieces is explored against the backdrop of a turbulent time that included the formation of the Chinese Communist government and World War II.

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New Yorker - 9/10 by Richard BrodyHui captures the romantic aura of Xiao's freethinking audacity and artistic vocation in poised, painterly shots that seem less like sites of action than like elusive memories.
Boston Herald - 8/10 by James VerniereA Chinese Dr. Zhivago. Eye opening biopic fills a gap in 20th century literary history.
Los Angeles Times - 7/10 by Sheri LindenThough it hasn't the sweep to be greater than the sum of its parts, the movie offers an absorbing mix of melodrama and historical detail.
The New York Times - 6/10 by Daniel M. GoldThis tribute is overlong and too reverent, conveying little sense of Xiao Hong the person and even less of her talent.
The Hollywood Reporter - 6/10 by Boyd van HoeijMore a film about ideas and theories rather than a story that’s more directly involving emotionally.
Variety - 6/10 by Guy LodgeSeemingly caught between a daring impressionistic approach and a pedantic recital of dates and locations, this three-hour endurance test is marked by sincere adoration of its subject.
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 6/10 by Emily CondonSadly, the tale doesn't always keep pace with the ethereal aesthetic.
The Playlist - 4/10 by Jessica KiangA film which for the most part is enervatingly classic in format: stately, reverential despite the conflicting accounts the various narrators give of Hong's motivations, and often quite dull, despite its focus not on her work or talent but on the more salacious and controversial aspects of her personal life.
User Review - 10/10 by Kay KKeeping me there for 3 whole hours. Freezing weather, wartime and limitations of human nature and love pierced through the heart of Xiao Hong, yet she rode through the waves, one after the other, learning of her fate ahead, she insisted on her literacy writings and pursuits. The movie falls short of describing how she looked for means of living to feed her men - the other way around in the movie, they shared debris of food compassionately. I can share the sense of hunger of Xiao Hong - not only in its literal sense, but in an era hungry for true human affection, dao-yi (sense of righteousness), optimism, perserverance in the pursuits of one's dreams and development of talents regardless of the constraints and givens. I love this. Her relationship with Liao Xun, somewhat like a teacher/senior, added a special dimension of Xiao's writing. And like the pair for two Xiao: Xiao Jun and Xiao Hong despite the sad ending of their love story.
User Review - 8/10 by Scott WQuite a story.. Told well... a good movie experience... maybe a little bit soapish, but based on a life story, much different then outs...

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