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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 The younger girl is instantly drawn to the older one, and their relationship, rocky yet intense, becomes the strongest bond in the film. May 30, 2023 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 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 Rated: 6.5 Jul 16, 2023 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film 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. Rated: C+ Jun 26, 2023 Full Review Shar Tan In Review Online 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. May 31, 2023 Full Review John Berra Screen International 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. May 24, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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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
Zihan Geng
Screenwriter
Yining Liu
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+, Romance
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 32m