¡°Nuan¡± is a stunningly attractive film, elegantly visualized and intriguingly scripted. Compared with other movies ever made in more than 50 years since the People¡¯s Republic of China established, it is incontrovertibly ranked in top 10 or 20. Jianqi Huo, the director, isn¡¯t very well known, but those who like him often praise him as if he were Christ rose on Earth for the second time. Huo has experienced several commercial failures but it seemed that he did not care about it.
¡°Nuan¡± is a tragedy based on the countryside life in modern china. By telling a story that a pretty rural girl struggled to love and persist but finally all her hopes inevitably crashed down, Huo explored not only the conflicts between individuals, but also issues of class which was caused by China¡¯s ¡°Hukou¡± policy.
I would like to recommend this movie to people who do not live in China, because on one hand you may know something true happening in China¡¯s country which is totally different from that in cities in the recent years, on the other hand, this movie is a nice little piece of work. Colors, sounds, camera movements, actor's play, everything is delicate and beautiful.
