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The Red Awn (2007)

The Red Awn poster
Original title
红色康拜因
Directed by
Cai Shangjun
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A father and son reunite in rural Gansu province after years apart. They work together on a harvest, and their strained relationship slowly comes to the surface.

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What happens

The Red Awn (simplified Chinese: 红色康拜因; traditional Chinese: 紅色康拜因; pinyin: Hóngsè kāngbàiyīn; lit. 'The Red Combine') is a 2007 Chinese film directed Cai Shangjun. It premiered at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. The film tells the story of a father and son in China's interior Gansu province. It won the Golden Alexander, the top award at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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