Summary
In modern day China, two women strive to preserve Nushu, an ancient secret language which bonded generations of Chinese women together through centuries of oppression in a clandestine support system of sisterhood and survival.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+18)
Critics 91Audiences 73GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer91%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −10 min on the typical 96
typical 9686Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2024
August 31, 2024
2 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
China
United States- Germany
- Norway
Directing · 2
- Zhao Qing Director, Writer
- Violet Du Feng Director, Writer
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