The Coldest Winter in Peking (1981)

Original title

皇天后土

Directed by

Pai Ching-Jui

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film takes place in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It follows characters dealing with the harsh political climate of that time.

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What happens

The Coldest Winter in Peking is a 1981 Taiwanese drama film directed by Pai Ching-jui, set in the Chinese capital Peking (Beijing) during the Cultural Revolution. The film is strongly anti-communist and was banned not only in mainland China but also in British Hong Kong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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