11 Flowers

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  • Opened February 22, 2013 (Limited)
  • 1 hr 55 min

  • Eleven-year-old Wang Han lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou province. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school through their daily gymnastic regimen, his teacher recommends that he wear a clean, new shirt in honor of this important position - a request that forces his family to make a great sacrifice. But one afternoon, soon after Wang is given the precious shirt, he encounters a desperate, wounded man, who takes it from him. The man is on the run, wanted by the authorities for murder. In no time the fates of Wang and the fugitive are intertwined. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Wang Jinchun, Wenqing Liu, Jinchun Wang
  • Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
  • Genres: Drama

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The New York Times
| Jeannette Catsoulis

Delicate and autobiographical (Wang Han was the director’s name when he was a child, and the story is constructed from his boyhood memories), 11 Flowers clings steadfastly to its youthful point of view. Read full review

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Because of its choice in subjectivity, and despite the film's historical context, 11 Flowers firmly elevates the experience of the personal over the political. Read full review

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NPR
| Mark Jenkins

His latest, the earthy yet subtly evocative 11 Flowers, is in the same mode as the one that's best known in the U.S., 2001's "Beijing Bicycle." Both are simple, resonant tales of youths who have something taken from them. Read full review

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New York Post
| Farran Smith Nehme

11 Flowers boils down to a coming-of-age tale merged with a why-dunit — not unlike “To Kill a Mockingbird” — but the plot is molasses-slow, as threads are dropped, picked up and dropped again. Read full review

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Wang Jinchun and Wenqing Liu in "11 Flowers."