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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
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.
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 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.
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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- Drama