The Golden Era
The life story of Xiao Hong, one of China';s most famous essayists and novelists, who reflected the progressive thinking not frequently seen during the 1930s.distic relationship with women, a killer';s infatuation with a potential victim forces him to confront his past.
19 October 1982, Beijing, China
25 July 1972, Beijing, China
23 February 1974, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
30 March 1985, Wuhan, Hubei, China
6 October 1977, Hubei, China
3 March 1985, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
7 June 1980, Beijing, China
7 April 1970, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
7 October 1978, Shanghai, China
9 December 1989, Suining, Sichuan, China
18 August 1982, Wuhan, Hubei, China
16 December 1959, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China
25 June 1966, Shanghai, China
October 16, 2014
Beautifully made and deftly performed ...
October 15, 2014
Some writers are shown as activists, political figures, party stalwarts; Xiao, to the last, remains stubbornly committed to her art.
October 25, 2014
Sadly "The Golden Era" is opportunity squandered . It may play very well in China, but what does it serve the rest of us to experience this fascinating woman's life rendered as little more than slow-moving historical soap opera?
October 16, 2014
Though it hasn't the sweep to be greater than the sum of its parts, the movie offers an absorbing mix of melodrama and historical detail.
October 16, 2014
Overlong and too reverent, conveying little sense of Xiao Hong the person and even less of her talent.
October 17, 2014
A Chinese Dr. Zhivago. Eye opening biopic fills a gap in 20th century literary history.
February 16, 2015
Hui captures the romantic aura of Xiao's freethinking audacity and artistic vocation in poised, painterly shots that seem less like sites of action than like elusive memories.

