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Synopsis: A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. This tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang (co-director)
Production: Live Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PG-13
Year:
1990
95 min
158 Views


Let's stop coming here.

Someone might see us.

It will be getting cold.

Where could we go?

You should get home.

People gossip about widows.

Since the old man's death,

we live in fear of gossip.

You moved away

seven or eight years ago.

We're always hiding.

Let's take Tianbai

and leave this place.

Don't say that.

The worst part is behind us.

Later on Tianbai will

take over the dye mill.

Then I'll tell him

the whole truth.

You're crazy!

You'll tell him?!

Do you want to lose him?

If we don't tell him

he'll keep on hating us...

...and acting as if

he wanted us dead.

It looked like two deer

or two foxes.

Then I saw it was two people.

I couldn't see

who was underneath...

...but on top was...

Who?

Tianbai's mother.

She was on top?

She was moving like

when they scrub laundry.

Where was that?

It was...

Murderer!... Murderer!

What's wrong?

Let's see your hand.

You're bleeding!

Let me suck out the wound.

Let me...

You evil brat!

Tianbai, now listen carefully!

You have hit your father!

I'm telling you this today:

You are the son of Yang Tianqing.

He is your father!

Aunt!

Here's your lunch.

Go on, eat.

Where's Tianbai?

He went out.

Life will be even harder for us.

I'm getting older... but...

...I'd like to sleep with you.

If you wish...

let's find a place.

It's stifling, isn't it?

I'm out of breath.

There's not much air

in this cave.

There's no air at all.

If we stay here,

we'll suffocate.

Should we leave?

Let's stay this way.

Let's keep lying here...

...for the rest of our lives.

We're old.

Do you remember how it all began

for us?

Yes.

Tell me, go on.

Tell me.

No, you tell me.

It makes me blush.

Remember, I watched you

through a hole in the wall.

Yes.

I remember.

And now we've gone into

this large hole.

Directors:

Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang

Camera:

Gu Changwei, Yang Lun

Art Directors:

Coa Jiuping, Xia Rujin

Sound Man:

Li Lanhua

Music:

Zhao Jipin

Editor:

Du Yuan

Assistant Director:

Zhou Youzhao

Lighting:

Ji Jianmin

Assistant Camera Men:

Tao Shiwei, Feng Yan

Assistant Art Director:

Zhang Jiancun

Assistant Sound Man:

Dang Wans

Lighting Assistants:

Yi Yanzhong, Zeng Junwei (Hong Kong)

Makeup:

Sun Wei

Costumes:

Zhang Zhian

Prop Masters:

Ye Yaozhong, Cao Jiankong

Sceneries:

Guo Zhengyi, Huang Minxian

Cast:

Ju Dou:
...GONG LI

Yang Tianqing:
...LI BAOTIAN

Yang Jinshan:
...LI WEI

Yang Tianbai (Infant):...ZHANG YI

Yang Tianbai (Youth):...ZHENG JIAN

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