Spring's Seedling (1975)
- Original title
- 春苗
- Directed by
- Xie Jin
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A village girl becomes a barefoot doctor through political struggle in the Chinese countryside. The film promotes the Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius movement of the Cultural Revolution.
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What happens
Chunmiao is a 1975 Chinese film directed by Xie Jin, Yan Bili and Liang Tingduo, starring Li Xiuming as the titular village girl who became a barefoot doctor through political struggle. Like all films released in the Cultural Revolution, it is a propaganda film, in this case promoting the Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius movement. The ultra-leftist political message aside, the film is considered well-made artistically. It was shot in the countryside near Shaoxing, Zhejiang. It was Xie Jin's only film during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Snow of Tianshan Mountain (2007)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.