A poet starving to death in spring bloom—gorgeous, grim, and unshakably real.
Poet Wolf (Lang) chose to starve himself to death, in a beautiful flower blossoming Spring. This is a poetic, aesthetic and brutal film that adapted from the true stoy of Poet Wo Fu's suicide.
Cinematography
Spring blossoms against decay—every frame aches.
Acting
Chunhua Zhang's physical transformation is devastating.
Director
Han Tao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wo Fu's suicide sparked debates about mental health stigma in Chinese literary circles, where romanticized suffering remains tragically celebrated.
Director Han Tao cast non-professional actor Han Sanming as the taxi driver after spotting him driving actual cabs in Beijing.
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