Film

Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

1996 · 1h 27m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.1

The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of Yosemite National Park, is on the brink of failure. The grandson of a Chinese railroad laborer embarks on a romantic, but ultimately doomed, quest to save this railroad from being sold for scrap. His love of trains finds him working as a railroad-man, instead of at his father's profitable business. He manages to locate a wealthy eccentric investor to help him acquire the railroad, but its financial inviability makes this a quixotic reprieve, at best. The film also portrays the anti-Asian racism present in America at the conclusion of World War II.

Jeri Arredondo

Nancy

Henry Gibson

Albert Robinson

Michael Stipe

Skeeter

Alexandra Bokyun Chun

Angela

Alan Boyce

• Christopher MünchDirector · Screenplay
• Andrea SperlingProducer
• Donald RosenfeldExecutive Producer
• Rob SweeneyDirector of Photography

Release date

March 23, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Drama, Romance