
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Directed by Dai Sijie
Produced by France 2 Cinéma, EuropaCorp
A tender yet fraught portrait of two women navigating a forbidden romance within the constraints of family expectation and social prohibition.
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
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Questions people ask
Is The Chinese Botanist's Daughters sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Chinese Botanist's Daughters violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is The Chinese Botanist's Daughters scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is The Chinese Botanist's Daughters easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does The Chinese Botanist's Daughters end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Chinese Botanist's Daughters, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Chinese Botanist's Daughters, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Chinese Botanist's Daughters, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
























































