33 Postcards
2011 1h 37m movie Film China

33 Postcards

“Wishing you were here”

Synopsis

“Wishing you were here”

Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.

The 2010–2012 China Window

33 Postcards holds position #58 of 98 China films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Legend of Luo Xiaohei
    #1

    The Legend of Luo Xiaohei

    ★ 9.3 · 2011
  2. A Bite of China
    #2

    A Bite of China

    ★ 8.9 · 2012
  3. Empresses in the Palace
    #3

    Empresses in the Palace

    ★ 8.5 · 2011
  4. Samsara
    #4

    Samsara

    ★ 8.1 · 2011
  5. Let the Bullets Fly
    #5

    Let the Bullets Fly

    ★ 7.7 · 2010
  6. Under the Hawthorn Tree
    #6

    Under the Hawthorn Tree

    ★ 7.7 · 2010
  7. First Time
    #7

    First Time

    ★ 7.7 · 2012
  8. Ocean Heaven
    #8

    Ocean Heaven

    ★ 7.6 · 2010

The 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when 33 Postcards premiered alongside 39 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 39 other China films in 2011.

The 257th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).

Audience Engagement

14
Reviews
26th
Review-volume percentile
24th
Popularity percentile

14 audience reviews — more than 26% of China films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 24th percentile among China films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on 33 Postcards, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • orphanage · 5
  • sydney · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • orphan · 27
  • australia · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • woman director · 246

Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
14
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #699 of 946 China films indexed here (26th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.6 points below the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Drama productions specifically: #436 of 547 (top 80%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesAustralia, China
Original LanguageEn
Spoken LanguagesMandarin, English
Production CompaniesPortal Pictures, Zhejiang Hengdian Film Production
Runtime1h 37m
Release DateJune 9, 2011
IMDbtt1704161