Kaili Blues
2015 · Movie · NR · 113 min · ★ 7.1 · 91% critics
A man sets out to find his abandoned nephew, traveling through rural China and drifting between memories, chance encounters, and a strange sense of time. The journey feels less like a straight quest and more like a poetic passage where past and future seem to overlap.
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Details
- Original title
- 路边野餐
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2016-03-23
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (147 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an ethereal, poetic trip that plays with time more than plot, similar to Long Day's Journey Into Night; Not for you if you need clear answers and a fast, straightforward story.
Pros: dreamlike, poetic mood; time-bending journey; immersive long takes | Cons: thin traditional plot; sparse dialogue stretches; slow, drifting pace
Cast & crew
Chen Yongzhong
as Chen Sheng
- DZ
Daqing Zhao
as Older Doctor
- FL
Feiyang Luo
as Young Weiwei
Xie Lixun
as Crazy Face
- SZ
Shuai Zeng
as Pisshead
- QG
Qin Guangqian
as Huang San
- SY
Shixue Yu
as Teenage Weiwei
Guo Yue
as Yangyang
- LL
Linyan Liu
as Zhang Xi
- ZY
Zhuohua Yang
as Monk
Directed by Bi Gan