A Withered Tree Meets Spring
1961 · 100 min · Drama
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.
- Director
- Zheng Jun-li
- Writers
- Wang Lian, Zheng Jun-li
- Released
- January 2, 1961
- Language
- Chinese
Cast
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