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China10 Essential Chinese FilmsStop 4 of 10
Yellow Earth
黄土地
A Communist soldier is sent to a poor village in 1930s northern China to collect folk songs, boarding with a peasant family whose hard, tradition-bound life he can barely comprehend — and stirring impossible hopes in the household's young daughter. A founding work of the Fifth Generation.
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genre
- Drama · Music · History
- Mood
- thoughtful · uplifting
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- shorter watch
Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive