Rent Little Red Flowers (2006)
3.5 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
Qiang is a four-year-old little rebel... a clever child with sparkly eyes and a precociously indomitable will. As his parents frequently work away from Beijing, they decide to take Qiang to board at a well-appointed residential nursery school. 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 easy for Qiang to adapt to this kind of carefully organised, minutely scrutinised 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 children. 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 ostracised 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? - Actors:
- Bowen Dong, Yuanyuan Ning, Chen Manyuan, Zhao Rui, Xinyun Li, Yujia Sun, Ma Du, Runqiu Liu, Ziye Wang, Yanghao Zhang, Jiani Kang, Jiaheng Zhao, Lian Liu, Qing Yao, Huacheng Li, Peiyuan Hong, Ying Zhou, Li Chen, Weihua Zhan, Ying Fu
- Directors:
- Yuan Zhang
- Writers:
- Shuo Wang, Dai Ning
- Aka:
- Kan Shang Qu Hen Mei
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Countries:
- China
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Reviews (1) of Little Red Flowers
A key to the Chinese life - Little Red Flowers review by CD
From the very first shot, excellently directed. This film, without a word of comment needed, made clear with enormous punch how the Chinese form their society. A four year old is dumped into a huge new world without a kiss, a cuddle or any concession at all. He must conform to the group and if he doesn't he is lost. And not just Chinese society: this rings a bell in Western life too. And how did they get that delightful little boy to act like that?
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