Yellow Earth
黄土地
1984 · 1h 31m · Drama, History, Music · China
After tradition… comes revolution.
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.
Directed by
Chen KaigeBased on the novel by
Lan Ke6.5Smart score
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1930sarranged marriagechinese communismcommunist partydroughtfolk musicfolk singermilitarypeasanttradition
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