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A Song Sung Blue

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Xian will always remember the loneliest and bluest of summers when she was 15. After her mother has to go abroad for work, Xian is thrown into the care of her father, a free-spirited photographer, who she has barely seen since her parents divorce. He’s struggling financially and is fooling around with his assistant who has an 18-year-old daughter, Mingmei. Soon, Mingmei appears like a ray of shining light to Xian. During this restless summer, the conflict between the innocence and the impulses of youth will leave an indelible mark on Liu...

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 05/30/2023
The younger girl is instantly drawn to the older one, and their relationship, rocky yet intense, becomes the strongest bond in the film. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 07/16/2023
6.5
Despite its issues in the writing and the overall presentation of the story, “A Song Sung Blue” is a rather beautiful shot film that highlights Zihan Geng's eye for layered composition and her ability to create a chemistry among her actors Go to Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film 06/26/2023
C+
While A Song Sung Blue has its fair share of beautiful scenes, the lingering sensation of been-there-done-that haunts the film during its wistful ninety-two-minute runtime. Go to Full Review Shar Tan In Review Online 05/31/2023
A delicate and bittersweet queer coming-of-age film, A Song Sung Blue is also, unfortunately, weighed down by all the predictable beats that befall its bildungsroman genre. Go to Full Review John Berra Screen International 05/24/2023
This delicate affair lingers longer than one might expect, as Geng’s sensitive direction of Liu Yining’s nuanced screenplay imbues familiar tropes with a fresh perspective. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Geng Zihan

Director

Meijun Zhou

Xian Liu

Huang Ziqi

Mingmei Jin

Jing Liang

La mère de Xian

Liang Long

Le père de Xian

Yining Liu

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis Xian will always remember the loneliest and bluest of summers when she was 15. After her mother has to go abroad for work, Xian is thrown into the care of her father, a free-spirited photographer, who she has barely seen since her parents divorce. He’s struggling financially and is fooling around with his assistant who has an 18-year-old daughter, Mingmei. Soon, Mingmei appears like a ray of shining light to Xian. During this restless summer, the conflict between the innocence and the impulses of youth will leave an indelible mark on Liu...
Director
Geng Zihan
Producer
Jane Zheng
Screenwriter
Yining Liu
Production Co
The Seventh Art Pictures
Genre
Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 32m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)