Red River Valley (1997)

Original title

红河谷

Directed by

Feng Xiaoning

Genre

war film, historical film, romantic drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British expedition in 1904 invades Tibet. A local woman and a British officer become involved in the conflict.

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What happens

Red River Valley (Chinese: 红河谷; pinyin: Hóng hégǔ) is a 1997 film directed by Feng Xiaoning about the British expedition to Tibet, starring Paul Kersey and Ning Jing. It was also released under the title A Tale of the Sacred Mountain. A book by Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming's brother, is credited in the movie. In 1961, Fleming published Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904. The film won numerous prizes at China's three main award ceremonies: Huabiao, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers. The film's production was part of an official Chinese government effort - also reflected in the national curriculum - to incorporate the expedition to Tibet into the story of the century of humiliation narrative that China suffered at the hands of Western and Japanese invaders and commercial interests. Red River Valley was met with a lukewarm reception from audiences and was largely disregarded by the Western academic community, which perceived the film as being "biased toward promoting the Chinese government's policies". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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