Swan Song
1986, Chinese. Directed by Zhang Zeming.
Swan song with a chapter like structure, spans many years from the onset of the Cultural Revolution to the 'open door' policies of the late seventies and eighties. The focus is on how off screen national events impact on individual lives, here, those of an elderly composer with an opium habit who is in constant political trouble with the authorities and his son who dissociates himself from his father.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 1986
- Original title
- 绝响
- Country
- China
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Swan Song runs 103 minutes (1h 43m).
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Swan Song isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1986. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Swan Song?
Swan Song (1986) was directed by Zhang Zeming and stars Chen Rui, Xianzhu Kong.