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Song of the Phoenix

2016 · 110 min Drama
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

The life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice who forms his own suona troupe at a time when the traditions of suona music are declining in Chinese society.

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Original Title 百鸟朝凤
Year 2016
Country China
Genre Drama
Director Wu Tianming
Runtime 110 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (32 votes)

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The director constructs the narrative as a slow, inevitable elegy, where each frame is steeped in nostalgia. It explores the disappearance of not just a craft, but an entire cultural code, using the suona as a symbol of generational bonds fraying in plain sight.

What lingers after the final note is a quiet sorrow for what is irrevocably lost, and a contemplation of what remains when the last melody fades. It stands as a monument to memory itself. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Wu Tianming

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Watch in a quiet, contemplative evening setting to fully absorb its melancholic and deliberate pace.

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