In That Distant Place (1993)
- Original title
- 在那遥远的地方
- Directed by
- Teng Wenji
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 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
In 1930s Beijing, a young musician named Huang Zhong and his girlfriend Jiang Xue are forced apart by her parents. They flee to the far northwest of China, hoping to start a new life, but face a series of hardships. After many ordeals across the deserts and grasslands, they are finally reunited and married, but their story ends in tragedy on the beautiful prairie.
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What happens
《在那遥远的地方》（），中国大陆电影，导演滕文骥，主演张洪量、陈红、胡锦。 1930年代末1940年代初的北京城里，青年音乐工作者黄钟和女友江雪的爱情被江雪父母棒打鸳鸯，江雪身体有病，两人逃到西北新疆，一直到达坂城，黄钟卖唱赚钱。两人在达坂遇到好友维吾尔族买买提，买买提的新婚妻子在婚礼被巴依抢走，两人决心营救买买提的新婚妻子，不得已去了当官的江雪父亲的老友那求助，二人被官员出卖，黄钟被扔到了湖里，被藏族女子卓玛救出，江雪则被送往北京，途中被哈萨克族士兵救出，去了哈萨克草原，哈萨克族听说了江雪动人的爱情故事，便开始帮忙寻找黄钟。黄钟来到哈萨克草原，和江雪举行了婚礼，但是也死在那美丽的大草原。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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