A Withered Tree Meets Spring

A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.

• Zheng Jun-liDirector
• Wang LianWriter
• Zheng Jun-liWriter
• Ge YanOriginal Music Composer

• You JiaCast
• Zhihua HuCast
• Shangguan YunzhuCast
• Qianli QianCast
• Hongsheng LiuCast
• Jiang TianliuCast
• Shiming ZhiCast
• Wu YunfangCast
• Siqing HuCast
• Zhong XinghuoCast
• Gao BoCast
• Mao LuCast