Kaili Blues(2016)

Name: Kaili Blues
Director: Bi Gan
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: May 20, 2016
Cast: Lixun Xie

Other
1h 53m
- Drama
- Mystery

Release Date: May 20, 2016 | Limited

While travelling the countryside to locate his nephew, a small town doctor finds himself interacting with people from his past and future.

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Releases

Original Release | May 20, 2016

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$4,164
Total US & Canada:
$32,164
Total International
$916,422
Total Worldwide:
$948,586

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Bi Gan
Director

Lixun Xie
Crazy Face

Gallery

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: China

Language: Mandarin,Hmong

Summaries

Storyline

In the mystical,subtropical province of Guizhou,there is a small county clinic surrounded by fog.At the Kaili clinic,there are two doctors who live quiet,lonely lives.One of the doctors,Chen Sheng,embarks on a journey by train to find his nephew, who had been abandoned by his brother. On the way to Zhenyuan ,Chen Sheng came across a place called Dang Mai, where time seemed to flow both forwards and backwards, the lives of the local people a complete mystery. He experiences his own past and future,lending him insight into his own life. Once Chen arrives at Zhen Yuan, rather than approaching his nephew, he watches secretly from a distance, he is surprised to find that his nephew flourished in the absence of his father, and decides not to interfere in his life. Before he had left Kaili, he had promised his colleague that he w ould stop by the home of her former lover to deliver some items, but upon his arrival, he is told that the man had passed away, and he leaves the box of mementos with the son of his colleague's former lover. Chen once again boards the train to return home. His mind is troubled, he cannot decide whether he believes that the world as he experiences it, is a product of his imagination, or if he is just a part of some large collective dream. In the mystical,subtropical province of Guizhou, there is a small county clinic surrounded by fog. At the Kaili clinic, there are two doctors who live quiet, lonely lives. One of the doctors, Chen Sheng, embarks on a journey by train to find his nephew, who had been abandoned by his brother. On the way to Zhenyuan ,Chen Sheng came across a place called Dang Mai, where time seemed to flow both forwards and backwards, the lives of the local people a complete mystery. He experiences his own past and future, lending him insight into his own life. Once Chen arrives at Zhen Yuan, rather than approaching his nephew, he watches secretly from a distance, he is surprised to find that his nephew flourished in the absence of his father, and decides not to interfere in his life. Before he had left Kaili, he had promised his colleague that he would stop by the home of her former lover to deliver some items, but upon his arrival, he is told that the man had passed away, and he leaves the box of mementos with the son of his colleague's former lover. Chen once again boards the train to return home. His mind is troubled, he cannot decide whether he believes that the world as he experiences it, is a product of his imagination, or if he is just a part of some large collective dream.