In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds herself inheriting the isolated business.... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds herself inheriting the isolated business.
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| Time OutGeoff AndrewSatisfies both as straight folk tale and as a subversive tribute to the vitality and endurance of Chinese peasant culture. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere is a strength in the simplicity of this story, in the almost fairy-tale quality of its images and the shocking suddenness of its violence, that Hollywood in its sophistication has lost. |
| Washington PostHal Hinson"Red Sorghum" develops politically, not dramatically, and because the characters act according to social, not psychological, forces, there's nothing much to discover in them. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonAs ever with Zhang, the supposedly heroic action is rife with visual and thematic subversion. |
| User ReviewLanning :Zhang Yimou's first film, as well as Gong Li's first role, and what a fabulous debut for both. The movie starts like Raise the Red Lantern and Ju Dou, but goes in a completely different direction. The cinematography rivals, if not surpasses that of Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern. Some of the scenes are images are shockingly beautiful. Several scenes simply took my breath away. This film has so much vitality, eroticism, and passion. |
| User ReviewDaniela PI was less than 14 when I saw it.. most impressive movie |
| User ReviewJoe CMy first Yimou Zhang experience. I've been fond on movie since then. |
| User ReviewSolee NA beautiful and passionate movie.. If you don't know much about Chinese culture and history, you may not be able to understand what Zhang was trying to express... but the cinematography alone is already good enough to make it a must-watch movie... love it! |
| User ReviewDan LA humorous period piece with hints of harsh realism, folksy fantasy, and historical drama tied together by an unusual love story. Great cinematography and production values representative of the blossoming Chinese cinema of circa 1990. |
| User ReviewRuben FMovies CAN be pure visual art. This is one of them. By far the best Chinese movie ever. |
