August

Zhang Dalei
Kong Weiyi, Zhang Chen, Guo Yanyun
2016
Mainland China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese
110 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as八月,is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex,At2016Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese,Current Douban rating7.1(For reference only)。
In the early 1990s, in a small town in the West, Zhang Xiaolei (played by Kong Weiyi) finally welcomed the long-awaited homework-free summer vacation after finishing the entrance exam for junior high school. However, this free and hot summer was not as vibrant as imagined; instead, it was filled with the monotonous routines of family life and plenty of leisure time. That year, the country began implementing reforms in state-owned enterprises, breaking the iron rice bowl, and Zhang Xiaolei's father's (played by Zhang Chen) workplace was also affected by the reforms. Every family in their residential compound was impacted by the changes. The children spent their days in boredom, while the seemingly calm adults had hearts that burned with anxiety like the scorching sun. Zhang Xiaolei quietly passed the time, sensing everything happening around him. It wasn't until his father left to seek a living elsewhere, leaving only him and his mother at home, that Zhang Xiaolei truly felt the passage of time and the change in life. On the night of the autumn equinox, the night-blooming cereus in Zhang Xiaolei's yard bloomed quietly, as if signifying something...