Summary
A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 70GoodWatch 70
Audience score75%
IMDb6.5
Running time
1 h 35 min
Shorter than most dramas, −14 min on the typical 109
typical 10995Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2014
February 7, 2014
12 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
Myanmar (Burma)
Taiwan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Midi Z Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Production · 2
- Patrick Mao Huang Executive Producer
- Wang Shin-hong Producer
Camera · 1
- Fan Sheng-siang Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Lin Sheng-wen Editor
Sound · 2
- Chou Cheng Sound
- Morgan YAN Sound
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