A most scathing indictment of life under Chairman Mao, THE BLUE KITE recounts how a child and his mother survive through the turbulence of 1950/60s China in the years of suffering and perseverance.

• 从小孩子的冷眼察看五、六十年代令人心碎的中国史。铁头的母亲一生际遇坎坷，丈夫总是死于非命。第一任丈夫在阴差阳错下被划为右派，在劳改时被大树压死；其生前好友为照顾两母子继任丈夫，不久却在大荒积劳成疾；