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Living the Land (2025)

Living the Land poster
Original title
生息之地
Directed by
Huo Meng
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Rated
10
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In the 1990s, a 10-year-old boy grows up in a Chinese village. He experiences the pull between traditional rural life and the changes brought by the outside world.

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What happens

Living the Land (Chinese: 生息之地) is a 2025 Chinese drama film directed by Huo Meng. The film set in the 1990s, is about a 10-year-old boy who is confronted with both rural traditions and socio-economic change in his Chinese home village. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, on 14 February 2025, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director. The film was expected to be released in China in 2025. By 2026, it was still unreleased in the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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