Under the Hawthorn Tree

Release Date: 2010-09-16

Rating: ⭐ 7.8/10 (143 votes)

Genres: Drama, Romance

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.

Production: Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.

🎭 Top Cast

Li Xuejian

as Mr. Zhang

Cheng Taishen

as Mr. Luo

Zhou Dongyu

as Jing

Sa Rina

as Auntie

He Xiaoyu

as Huanhuan

Yu Xinbo

as Lin

📝 User Reviews

badelf

⭐ 9/10

Aug 11, 2022

A 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.

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