Under the Hawthorn Tree
2010
⏱️ 113 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 ZH
DramaRomance
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.
Cast
User Reviews
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.
August 11, 2022
Crew
Director
Zhang Yimou
Writer
Yin Lichuan, Gu Xiaobai, A Mei
Producer
Bian Tiejun, Zhang Weiping, Hugo Shong
Production
Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.