Under the Hawthorn Tree
Plot Summary
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.
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👥Cast (26)
Li Xuejian
Mr. Zhang
Cheng Taishen
Mr. Luo
Zhou Dongyu
Jing
Sa Rina
Auntie
He Xiaoyu
Huanhuan
Yu Xinbo
Lin
Shawn Dou
Sun
Yi Xinyun
Fang
Zheng Wang
Eldest Brother
Yao Yitian
Sister-in-Law
Jiang Ruijia
Wei
Xi Meijuan
Jing's Mother
🎬Crew
Director
Zhang Yimou
Writers
Yin Lichuan, A Mei, Gu Xiaobai
Producers
Bian Tiejun, Huayi Cao, Zhang Weiping, Hugo Shong, Bill Kong Chi-Keung
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💬Reviews (1)
badelf
8/11/2022
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.
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