The Swing Maker
2017, Chinese. Directed by Da Xiong.
Liu Huanrong works in Changqing oil fields, China's second-largest onshore oil and gas field located in Inner Mongolia. A devoted employee for over thirty years, he spends his free time building a swing and running after his young female coworker, who recently arrived and has only one thing in mind: fleeing the isolated place to return working in the big city. An unexpected mishap brings Liu back to his family in Xi’An, the 8 million inhabitants capital of Shaanxi Province. He will have a tough time reconnecting with his estranged spouse and adult daughter, but also with a very different capitalist society compared to thirty years earlier.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 2017
- Original title
- 搭秋千的人
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Da Xiong, He Junxiao
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The Swing Maker runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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The Swing Maker isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2017. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Swing Maker?
The Swing Maker (2017) was directed by Da Xiong and stars Jiang Shouzhi, Song Yili, Song Xichen.