Release dates

April 11, 2017

98 months ago

DVD / VOD / Blu-ray

Released

DVD
Apr 11, 2017
98 months ago
VOD
Apr 11, 2017
98 months ago
Blu-ray
Apr 11, 2017
98 months ago
Cinema
May 20, 2016
109 months ago

Kaili Blues release date

The movie Kaili Blues is already released on Cinema, DVD, VOD and Blu-ray in the USA.

Kaili Blues

Movie
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Chen, a preoccupied doctor working in a small clinic in the rain-dr...
Chen, a preoccupied doctor working in a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, decides to fulfill his late mother’s wish and sets off on a journey to look for his brother’s abandoned child. His partner in the clinic, a lonely old lady, asks him to also find her former lover, giving him a photograph, a shirt, and a music cassette. On the way, Chen passes through a mysterious town where...
Chen, a preoccupied doctor working in a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, decides to fulfill his late mother’s wish and sets off on a journey to look for his brother’s abandoned child. His partner in the clinic, a lonely old lady, asks him to also find her former lover, giving him a photograph, a shirt, and a music cassette. On the way, Chen passes through a mysterious town where distinctions between past, present, and future appear to slip away.
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What the critics say

Based on 32 reviews, Kaili Blues gets an average review score of 82

90/100
hollywoodreporter.com
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Family grudges haunt a man trying to track down his mistreated nephew.

2933d ago

90/100
hollywoodreporter.com
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Family grudges haunt a man trying to track down his mistreated nephew.

2933d ago

90/100
villagevoice.com
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First-time writer-director Bi Gan and cinematographer Wang Tianxing infuse the imagery with a feeling at once otherworldly and familiar — the kind of thing you can't put a name to but would swear you've already experienced.

2933d ago

90/100
hollywoodreporter.com
879a684b-4345-404a-8599-1486bfd043d4

Family grudges haunt a man trying to track down his mistreated nephew.

2933d ago

90/100
hollywoodreporter.com
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Family grudges haunt a man trying to track down his mistreated nephew.

2933d ago

90/100
villagevoice.com
879a684b-4345-404a-8599-1486bfd043d4

First-time writer-director Bi Gan and cinematographer Wang Tianxing infuse the imagery with a feeling at once otherworldly and familiar — the kind of thing you can't put a name to but would swear you've already experienced.

2933d ago

90/100
villagevoice.com
160f03c1-4f68-4d6e-a5e8-1aea53d331d2

First-time writer-director Bi Gan and cinematographer Wang Tianxing infuse the imagery with a feeling at once otherworldly and familiar — the kind of thing you can't put a name to but would swear you've already experienced.

2933d ago

90/100
villagevoice.com
d92407e3-de8b-4ee3-be10-1c6172755c95

First-time writer-director Bi Gan and cinematographer Wang Tianxing infuse the imagery with a feeling at once otherworldly and familiar — the kind of thing you can't put a name to but would swear you've already experienced.

2933d ago

3.5/4
slantmagazine.com
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Bi Gan’s film is a soulful depiction of China’s increasingly rapid pace of cultural and economic transformation.

2933d ago

3.5/4
slantmagazine.com
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Bi Gan’s film is a soulful depiction of China’s increasingly rapid pace of cultural and economic transformation.

2933d ago

3.5/4
slantmagazine.com
160f03c1-4f68-4d6e-a5e8-1aea53d331d2

Bi Gan’s film is a soulful depiction of China’s increasingly rapid pace of cultural and economic transformation.

2933d ago

3.5/4
slantmagazine.com
d92407e3-de8b-4ee3-be10-1c6172755c95

Bi Gan’s film is a soulful depiction of China’s increasingly rapid pace of cultural and economic transformation.

2933d ago

B+/A+
avclub.com
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Kaili Blues takes a mysterious journey through memory and time.

2933d ago

B+/A+
avclub.com
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Kaili Blues takes a mysterious journey through memory and time.

2933d ago

B+/A+
avclub.com
879a684b-4345-404a-8599-1486bfd043d4

Kaili Blues takes a mysterious journey through memory and time.

2933d ago

B+/A+
avclub.com
160f03c1-4f68-4d6e-a5e8-1aea53d331d2

Kaili Blues takes a mysterious journey through memory and time.

2933d ago

80/100
variety.com
879a684b-4345-404a-8599-1486bfd043d4

A doctor travels to his hometown to rescue his nephew, in the process confronting his traumatic past, in Chinese director Bi Gan’s aesthetically remarkable debut.

2933d ago

B/A+
thefilmstage.com
d92407e3-de8b-4ee3-be10-1c6172755c95

Bi’s Kaili Blues is a bit too formless to hold together, even despite its immense merits and deep thematic resonance. Still: in one film, he’s already demonstrated himself to be an extraordinary visual stylist who’s not afraid to color outside the formalist lines.

2933d ago

B/A+
thefilmstage.com
879a684b-4345-404a-8599-1486bfd043d4

Bi’s Kaili Blues is a bit too formless to hold together, even despite its immense merits and deep thematic resonance. Still: in one film, he’s already demonstrated himself to be an extraordinary visual stylist who’s not afraid to color outside the formalist lines.

2933d ago

80/100
variety.com
cccba716-2598-4ebe-b96e-92249aa1b33a

A doctor travels to his hometown to rescue his nephew, in the process confronting his traumatic past, in Chinese director Bi Gan’s aesthetically remarkable debut.

2933d ago

80/100
variety.com
d92407e3-de8b-4ee3-be10-1c6172755c95

A doctor travels to his hometown to rescue his nephew, in the process confronting his traumatic past, in Chinese director Bi Gan’s aesthetically remarkable debut.

2933d ago

B/A+
thefilmstage.com
cccba716-2598-4ebe-b96e-92249aa1b33a

Bi’s Kaili Blues is a bit too formless to hold together, even despite its immense merits and deep thematic resonance. Still: in one film, he’s already demonstrated himself to be an extraordinary visual stylist who’s not afraid to color outside the formalist lines.

2933d ago

80/100
variety.com
160f03c1-4f68-4d6e-a5e8-1aea53d331d2

A doctor travels to his hometown to rescue his nephew, in the process confronting his traumatic past, in Chinese director Bi Gan’s aesthetically remarkable debut.

2933d ago

B/A+
thefilmstage.com
160f03c1-4f68-4d6e-a5e8-1aea53d331d2

Bi’s Kaili Blues is a bit too formless to hold together, even despite its immense merits and deep thematic resonance. Still: in one film, he’s already demonstrated himself to be an extraordinary visual stylist who’s not afraid to color outside the formalist lines.

2933d ago

3/4
nypost.com
160f03c1-4f68-4d6e-a5e8-1aea53d331d2

In a mountainous, subtropical part of rural China, middle-aged doctor Chen (Yongzhong Chen) has become fond of his mistreated nephew Wei Wei (Feiyang Luo). When Wei Wei’s father offloads (or possibly sells) the child to someone in another village, Chen goes to search for him.

2933d ago

3/4
nypost.com
cccba716-2598-4ebe-b96e-92249aa1b33a

In a mountainous, subtropical part of rural China, middle-aged doctor Chen (Yongzhong Chen) has become fond of his mistreated nephew Wei Wei (Feiyang Luo). When Wei Wei’s father offloads (or possibly sells) the child to someone in another village, Chen goes to search for him.

2933d ago

3/4
nypost.com
879a684b-4345-404a-8599-1486bfd043d4

In a mountainous, subtropical part of rural China, middle-aged doctor Chen (Yongzhong Chen) has become fond of his mistreated nephew Wei Wei (Feiyang Luo). When Wei Wei’s father offloads (or possibly sells) the child to someone in another village, Chen goes to search for him.

2933d ago

3/4
nypost.com
d92407e3-de8b-4ee3-be10-1c6172755c95

In a mountainous, subtropical part of rural China, middle-aged doctor Chen (Yongzhong Chen) has become fond of his mistreated nephew Wei Wei (Feiyang Luo). When Wei Wei’s father offloads (or possibly sells) the child to someone in another village, Chen goes to search for him.

2933d ago

70/100
nytimes.com
160f03c1-4f68-4d6e-a5e8-1aea53d331d2

As lovely as the movie is to look at (and the final scene is exceptionally wonderful), it’s too oblique to concentrate its energies and sharpen its focus.

2933d ago

70/100
nytimes.com
cccba716-2598-4ebe-b96e-92249aa1b33a

As lovely as the movie is to look at (and the final scene is exceptionally wonderful), it’s too oblique to concentrate its energies and sharpen its focus.

2933d ago

70/100
nytimes.com
879a684b-4345-404a-8599-1486bfd043d4

As lovely as the movie is to look at (and the final scene is exceptionally wonderful), it’s too oblique to concentrate its energies and sharpen its focus.

2933d ago

70/100
nytimes.com
d92407e3-de8b-4ee3-be10-1c6172755c95

As lovely as the movie is to look at (and the final scene is exceptionally wonderful), it’s too oblique to concentrate its energies and sharpen its focus.

2933d ago

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