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.
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.
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 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.
- orphanage · 5
- sydney · 2
- orphan · 27
- australia · 9
- woman director · 246
Reception Benchmarks
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 Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Australia, China |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | Portal Pictures, Zhejiang Hengdian Film Production |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | June 9, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1704161 |







