The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Chen KaigeDirector
- Ziliang ZhangScreenplay
- Chen KaigeScreenplay
- Zhao JipingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Xue BaiCuiqiao
- Wang XueqiGu Qing
- Tuo TanThe Father
- Quiang LiuHanhan
Stills
Themes
traditionpeasantarranged marriagefolk musicfolk singermilitarychinese communismdroughtcommunist party1930s