Yellow Earth

Chen Kaige
Xue Bai, Wang Xueqi, Tan Tuo, Liu Qiang
1984
Mainland China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese, Shaanxi Dialect
89 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as黄土地,is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex,At1984Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese, Shaanxi Dialect,Current Douban rating8.0(For reference only)。
A poor girl named Cui Qiao (played by Xue Bai) from the Loess Plateau in Northern Shaanxi has been betrothed since childhood by her father (played by Tan Tuo). Gu Qing (played by Wang Xueqi), a member of the Eighth Route Army's art troupe, comes to Cui Qiao's home to collect folk songs, and after a while, the two families seem to bond as if they were their own. Gu Qing talks about women's autonomy in marriage in Yan'an, which inspires Cui Qiao. Although her father is kind, he is also ignorant, insisting that Cui Qiao marry in April. Just as Gu Qing is about to leave, Cui Qiao expresses her desire to go to Yan'an with him, but Gu Qing feels powerless to help. Cui Qiao's younger brother Han Han (played by Liu Qiang) follows Gu Dage, sending him on his way. After crossing a ridge, Gu Qing sees Cui Qiao standing on the peak, singing a farewell song with her sweet voice, which deeply moves him. In April, on her wedding day, feeling unwilling, Cui Qiao resolutely escapes from her husband's house, rowing across the river in pursuit of a new life…