A Withered Tree Meets Spring

Release Date: 1961-01-02

Overview: A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.

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Cast

You Jia

as

Zhihua Hu

as

Shangguan Yunzhu

as

Qianli Qian

as

Hongsheng Liu

as