The arranged marriage of Youtie and Guiying, a man and a woman who live very difficult lives, seems to inevitably lead to the sum of two solitudes, two poverty (social, emotional, affective). But from this meeting, tender and modest, a solid and precious bond will take shape day after day…
«Return to Dust», a revelation at the Berlinale and the Far East Film Festival in Udine, where it won the Black Dragon Award and the Silver Mulberry Award, tells of love through the peasant rhythms of rural China. A sweet and painful work that has the flavor of the earth and the seasons. If Li Ruijun entrusted the role of Guiying to an actress of great experience like Hai Qing (Fire on the Plain, Operation Red Sea, Sacrifice), she instead called a absolute beginner like Wu Renlin, that is a real farmer (as well as uncle of Li himself). A choice that gives further naturalness to the harsh and suspended dimension of “Earth and Dust”: a film so far from the noise of civilization and so close to the soul of the spectators. (The film, a poetic and sorrowful love story set against the backdrop of rural China, will be in theaters from March 30 distributed by Tucker Film)
March 27, 2023 – Updated March 27, 2023, 4:50pm
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