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

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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