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Red Sorghum

Hong gao liang (Red Sorghum)

1988

Zhang Yimou

Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun, Liu Jia ...

7.0

3,670

Drama In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds herself inheriting the isolated business.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"A subversive tribute to the vitality and endurance of Chinese peasant culture."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Its supposedly innovative epic style looks decidedly old-fashioned here."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"There is a strength in the simplicity of this story, in the almost fairy-tale quality of its images and the shocking suddenness of its violence, that Hollywood in its sophistication has lost."	POS

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