Summary
Living in a traditional “four-sided courtyard” house, where historically multiple generations would live together in one complex, Wei Daxue slowly finds her few friends in the world slipping away - an artist living in the guesthouse leaves, a neighbor dies, and her dog runs away. Her daughter is physically distant, and a cross-generational tension between tradition and the expediencies of modern life keep their conversations short.
Good for
- Background watch
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 67
IMDb6.4
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
2018
January 25, 2018
8 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
China
Directing · 1
- Xing Xiao Director, Writer
Production · 2
- Elsa Producer
- Jiang Ping Production Designer
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