A Withered Tree Meets Spring

Overview

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

You Jia

N/A

Zhihua Hu

Shangguan Yunzhu

Qianli Qian

Hongsheng Liu

Jiang Tianliu

Shiming Zhi

Wu Yunfang

N/A

Siqing Hu

Zhong Xinghuo

Gao Bo

Mao Lu