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Yellow Earth

7.2/10

Rating

91 min

Runtime

1984

Release Year

Chen Kaige

Director

Cast

Xue Bai, Wang Xueqi, Tuo Tan, Quiang Liu

Quick Synopsis

During the 1930s in rural China, a communist soldier is assigned to a remote area to gather traditional folk songs. He stays with a local peasant family consisting of a widowed father and his two young children. As he lives among them, he encounters a way of life very different from his own urban background. Over time, through daily interactions and shared experiences, he earns the family's trust and gains a deeper understanding of their culture and struggles.

Detailed Synopsis of Yellow Earth

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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