Festival 3 Continents
Compétition internationale
46th edition
NOV. 15>23, 2024, Nantes France

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Red Sorghum
(Hong Goaliang)

by ZHANG Yimou

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At the end of the 1920s, in a remote area of north-western China, a young woman is promised to a fifty- year-old man. But she falls in love with the bearer of her bridal chair who saves her from an attack by bandits. Before the wedding, the bridegroom suddenly vanishes. The lovers can get married. Yet their happiness is short-lived as the Japanese arrive and chase peasants…

  • Titre français
    Le Sorgho rouge
  • Original title
    Hong Goaliang
  • Titre international
    Red Sorghum
  • Scénario
    Che Jianyu, Zhu Wie, Mu Yan
  • Photo
    Gu Changwei
  • Montage
    Du Yuan
  • Musique
    Zhao Jiping
  • Interprétation
    Gong Li, Jiang Weng, Teng Rujun, Liu Ji
  • Production
    Studios de Xian

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