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A Withered Tree Meets Spring (1961)
Directed by Zheng Jun-Li
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.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
You Jia | Zhihua Hu | Shangguan Yunzhu | Qianli Qian | Hongsheng Liu | Jiang Tian-Liu | Shiming Zhi | Yunfang Wu | Siqing Hu | Xinghuo Zhong | Gao Bo | Lu Mao | Han Tao | Ming Xu