Underplayed Gems

A, yao lan (1979)

A, yao lan poster
Original title
啊!摇篮
Directed by
Xie Jin
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1947 during the Chinese Civil War, a young woman suppresses her femininity to join the revolution as a soldier. She is assigned to escort a group of children to safety and gradually reconnects with her maternal instincts.

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What happens

A, yao lan er en kinesisk dramafilm fra 1979 regissert av Xie Jin. Filmen handler om en ung kvinne som undertrykker sin feminitet og verver seg som soldat til revolusjonen. Hun får i oppdrag å eskortere en gruppe barn til et trygt område og gjenfinner i løpet av denne tiden sitt morsinstinkt. Filmen er lagt til 1947, i slutten av den kinesiske borgerkrigen. Hovedrollen spilles av Zhu Xijuan. Den ble tildelt flere priser ved Huabiao Awards, inkludert prisen for beste film (delt med The Little Flower og Anxious to Return). Den er også kjent under den engelske tittelen Ah! Cradle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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