Stand by · pulling the latest frames
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A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.
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“After tradition… comes revolution.”

Yellow Earth Trailer
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
1991