Underplayed Gems

Sparkling Red Star (2007)

Sparkling Red Star poster
Original title
闪闪的红星 孩子的天空
Directed by
Dante Lam
Genre
animation, Slice of Life
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy assists the Red Army in standing up to a wealthy landlord in his village. The story is an animated retelling of an earlier propaganda film made for children.

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What happens

Sparkling Red Star (Chinese: 闪闪的红星 孩子的天空) is a 2007 Chinese animated film produced by Puzzle Animation Studio Limited in collaboration with the Bayi Film Studio of the People's Liberation Army. It is an animated remake of the 1974 children's propaganda film Sparkling Red Star, which was made during the Cultural Revolution. The film concerns a boy who helps the Red Army fight a greedy landlord in his village. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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