Adapted from the popular novel Hawthorn Tree Forever, Zhang Yimou`s
latest film Under the Hawthorn Tree previewed Young love personified
Wednesday and
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Under the Hawthorn Tree is a pure love story full of sentiment and affection.
Set
in the 1970s during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), the novel
Hawthorn Tree Forever is based on a true story about a young city girl
named Jing with a condemned political background who falls in love with a
young man Sun from a high-profile family when she goes to the
countryside to be re-educated. Jing`s age and
rs gold social standing prevent the two from being together until she graduates and gets a secure job in the city.
Sun continues to support Jing and they date secretly before Sun is diagnosed with leukemia and dies.
"I
want to recover the original purity and simplicity of the 1970s and the
people at that time, with a slow but compelling narration. I want it to
buy runescape gold convey a long-lost purity," Zhang said. "
Unlike
Zhang`s previous films that are known for their colorful
cinematography, Under the Hawthorn Tree employs natural and basic hues.
"It is simple and precious, especially in a commercial society like now," said actress Yan Ni.
It may be the characters` defiance against all risks and
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the embodiment of "till death do us apart" in a time full of
persecutions that kept most at the preview interested in the film, with
many touched by their emotions.
Ding Yaping, director of the Film
and TV School of China Art Academy, said the work is similar to a genre
widely popular in Japan and South Korea, but has not been made by
Chinese directors for over a decade. "Zhang`s movie is the kind of
devoted romance that will be engraved on one`s bones," he said after
seeing the film.
Film critic, Zhang Wei added that the movie
would have implications for China, where instant gratification and
consumerism have taken hold. "The pure concept of love and
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romance in a movie set in the 1970s will enlighten the outlooks of
young Chinese born between 1980 and 2000 on relationships and romance,"
he said.
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