A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.
Zheng Jun-li
Director, Writer
Wang Lian
Writer
You Jia
Zhihua Hu
Shangguan Yunzhu
Qianli Qian
Hongsheng Liu
Jiang Tianliu
Shiming Zhi
Wu Yunfang
Siqing Hu
Hungry Hearts65%
Skin64%
观音山68%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
The Safety of Objects65%
安眠旅舍75%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
Holy Lands61%
目中无人262%
Girl in the Box67%
Mexicali77%
La joven69%
春江水暖73%
Hello！树先生71%
Normal66%
Three Christs66%
破·地獄78%
Cardboard Boxer63%
心迷宫76%
Eleanor the Great69%
