Little Red Flowers

– Liang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indom..

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Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Original Name:
看上去很美
Little Red Flowers (2006) - Also known as 看上去很美

Liang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. His father deposits him at a well-appointed residential kindergarten in post-1949 Beijing, since his parents are often away. Life at the kindergarten appears rich and colourful, made up of a variety of cheerfully sunny rituals and games meant to train these children to be good members of society.

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Little Red Flowers (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Jan 2007

Language:

Mandarin

Director:

Yuan Zhang

Writer:

Shuo Wang (novel), Dai Ning, Yuan Zhang

Main Actors:

Bowen Dong, Yuanyuan Ning, Manyuan Chen, Zhao Rui

Plot:

Qiang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. His father deposits him at a well-appointed residential kindergarten in post-1949 Beijing, since his parents are often away. Life at the kindergarten appears rich and colourful, made up of a variety of cheerfully sunny rituals and games meant to train these children to be good members of society. But it's not so easy for Qiang to adapt to this kind of carefully organized, minutely scrutinized collective life. A fierce individualist in miniature, he tries but fails to conform to the model his teachers enforce. Yet he still craves the reward that the other students win: the little red flowers awarded each day as tokens for good behaviour. But Qiang doesn't win any flowers: he can't yet dress himself, and doesn't play together with the other kids. He even dares to talk back to the strict Teacher Li and Principal Kong when they try to impose some discipline on him. Gradually, his charisma and bravado start to win over his classmates: their stealthy little rebellions gain steam when he succeeds in convincing everyone that Teacher Li is a child-eating monster in disguise. When their attempt to capture her is thwarted, Qiang's resistance develops a more disturbing dimension, and he is forcibly ostracized from his companions. Will he succumb to the adult-enforced conformity around him, or will he insist on growing up his own way, by his own rules?

Awards:

6 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Downtown Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10