Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)

09/16/2010Drama, Romance1h 53m
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The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.

Top Billed Cast

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    Li Xuejian

    Mr. Zhang

  2. Cast 1

    Cheng Taishen

    Mr. Luo

  3. Cast 1

    Zhou Dongyu

    Jing

  4. Cast 1

    Sa Rina

    Auntie

  5. Cast 1

    He Xiaoyu

    Huanhuan

  6. Cast 1

    Yu Xinbo

    Lin

  7. Cast 1

    Shawn Dou

    Sun

  8. Cast 1

    Yi Xinyun

    Fang

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    Zheng Wang

    Eldest Brother

A very sweet and sad tale based on one of the many stories from Cultural Revolution. It feels personal since the heroine claims that she wants to be a writer, and at the end of the film she goes abroad to study. Coincidentally, the author is a Chinese (American) living in Florida who seems to know exactly how it felt living under Mao Tse Tung. It was brilliantly translated to film by the accomplished Zhang Yimou.

Status Released

Original LanguageChinese 

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