Burning Stars 孤星计划 China, 2024, colour/b&w, 2.35:1, 104 mins. Director: Xu Zhanxiong 徐展雄. Rating: 7/10. Smoothly assembled, suitably twisty package centred on CPC/KMT shenanigans in 1920s Shanghai. STORY Shanghai, 1924. Li Yimin (Wang Yuan), a young mechanic from the countryside, gets to know Ding Menghua (Zhang Xueying), a student at Shanghai University. She invites him … Continue reading Review: Burning Stars (2024) →
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