Yellow Earth
Summary:
Young Red Army soldier Gu Qing is sent to the northern Shaanxi region of China to learn local folk songs in 1939. He stays with a poor grumpy widower, along with his son Hanhan and his precocious teenage daughter Cuiqiao. The three are initially suspicious of the stranger, but they warm to him after hearing of the new ideas of the Communist party. Soon he teaches the silent Hanhan a song... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Xue Bai - (Ciu Qiao)
Wang Xueqi - (Gu Qing)
Tan Tuo - (The Father)
Liu Qiang - (Hanhan)
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Review:
Yellow Earth's debut at the 1985 Hong Kong Film Festival forced international audiences to look seriously at Chinese cinema in a manner comparable to the earlier world cinema breakthroughs of Rashomon (1950) and Pather Panchali (1955). Like Breathless (1959) and Cruel Story of Youth (1960), Yellow Earth signaled the rise of a n... Continue >>
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