A Withered Tree Meets Spring

枯木逢春

A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.

Director

Zheng Jun-li

Screenplay

Wang Lian

Screenplay

Zheng Jun-li

Music

Ge Yan

Status

Released

Release date

02/01/1961

Original language

Chinese