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Summary
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.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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- You want something to laugh at
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+26)
Critics 100Audiences 74GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer100%
Audience score76%
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings3.7/5
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most dramas, −18 min on the typical 109
typical 10991Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1984
August 19, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
DramaMusicHistoryLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
China
Directing · 1
- Chen Kaige Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
- Ziliang Zhang Screenplay
- Lan Ke Novel
Camera · 1
- Zhang Yimou Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Pei Xiaonan Editor
Sound · 1
- Zhao Jiping Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- He Qun Art Direction
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