Young sprinter Lin Ying enrolls in a sports college in Shanghai. As she becomes a sports celebrity, she starts to mangle with the upper class and has gradually forgotten the true essence of sports.
Is it worth the watch? If you have a soft spot for moral tales that feel like they were carved out of a different century, you might dig Queen of Sports. It’s definitely not for the impatient, though. If you need your sports movies to be all high-stakes training montages and heart-pounding finishes, you’ll probably be ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Yu Sun
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"Is it worth the watch? If you have a soft spot for moral tales that feel like they were carved out of a different century, you might dig Queen of Sports. It’s definitely not for the impatient, though. If you need your sports movies to be all high-stakes training montages and heart-pounding finishes, you’ll probably be bored to tears by the middle act. 🏃♀️ Lin Ying arrives in Shanghai with nothing but her legs and a dream. The college setting is filmed with this odd, stagey quality that makes ..."
Xiucen Yin
Yu Sun
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