7.5
Her Story
2024
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)
September 16, 20101h 53mZH
7.8
156 votes
Overview
The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
Director
Zhang YimouWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Mandarin
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.
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User Reviews
badelf
9.0A very sweet and sad tale based on one of the many stories from Cultural Revolution. It feels personal since the heroine claims that she wants to be a writer, and at the end of the film she goes abroad to study. Coincidentally, the author is a Chinese (American) living in Florida who seems to know exactly how it felt living under Mao Tse Tung. It was brilliantly translated to film by the accomplished Zhang Yimou.