A Withered Tree Meets Spring
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Hongsheng Liu · Jiang Tianliu · Qianli Qian · Shangguan Yunzhu · Shiming Zhi · Siqing Hu · Wu Yunfang · You Jia · Zhihua Hu · Zhong Xinghuo · Zheng Jun-li · Wang Lian