Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010-09-16 • 1h 53m •

Drama Romance

7.8

User Score

146 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.

Zhang Yimou

Director

Gu Xiaobai

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Li Xuejian

Mr. Zhang

Cheng Taishen

Mr. Luo

Zhou Dongyu

Jing

Sa Rina

Auntie

He Xiaoyu

Huanhuan

Yu Xinbo

Lin

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 53m

Release Date

2010-09-16

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Reviews

badelf

2022-08-11T12:47:50.689Z

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.