Swan Song
Swan song with a chapter like structure, spans many years from the onset of the Cultural Revolution to the 'open door' policies of the late seventies and eighties. The focus is on how off screen national events impact on individual lives, here, those of an elderly composer with an opium habit who is in constant political trouble with the authorities and his son who dissociates himself from his father.
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Swan Song
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 1986
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
User Score
80%
Original Title
绝响
Production Companies
Pearl River Film Studio
Director
Zhang Zeming
Description
Swan song with a chapter like structure, spans many years from the onset of the Cultural Revolution to the 'open door' policies of the late seventies and eighties. The focus is on how off screen national events impact on individual lives, here, those of an elderly composer with an opium habit who is in constant political trouble with the authorities and his son who dissociates himself from his father.