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Yellow Earth ( simplified Chinese: 黄土地; traditional Chinese: 黃土地; pinyin: Huáng tǔdì) is a 1984 Chinese drama film. This film is telling a story of a young, village girl who bravely resists old-dated customs and searches for freedom. It was the directorial debut for Chen Kaige.
A communist soldier collects folk songs in a rural area and meets a young girl who dreams of joining the army. The film explores the themes of revolution, culture and identity in 1940s China.
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- Drama, History, Music
- Kaige Chen
- 1988
Oct 1, 2022 · A story of a young, village girl who bravely resists old-dated customs and searches for freedom.Gu Qing, a soldier from the propaganda department of the CCP ...
- 86 min
- 14.2K
- AsianCineplex
May 8, 2020 · Yellow Earth is a 1984 debut film by Chen Kaige, based on a folk song about a girl who committed suicide rather than marry an older man. The film, set in 1939 Shaanbei, depicts the lives of peasants and a Communist soldier, and challenges the social realism of the time with its ambiguous and artistic style.
In the spring of 1939, an idealistic communist soldier (Wang Xueqi) takes to the Chinese countryside on a mission to collect spirited folk songs from the people. However, he soon discovers that ...
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- Xue Bai, Wang Xue-Qi, Tan Tuo, Quiang Liu
- Chen Kaige
- Drama
May 25, 2015 · Yellow Earth begins with a series of pans across the arid, mountainous landscape of Shaanxi Province in China’s northwest. The dry, yellow earth fills the frame, leaving only a sliver of sky at the top of the frame.
Yellow Earth is a 1984 film by Chen Kaige that depicts the encounter between a Communist soldier and a rural family in 1939. The film explores the clash of cultures, traditions and aspirations through the exchange of songs and glances.
