CHINA · 1986

Old Well

Zhang Yimou
Chinese Fifth Generation forbidden love rural poverty community survival past relationships sacrifice and duty
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A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped. Their enforced confinement leads to them exploring their feelings for each other and those around them.

Year1986
CountryChina
DirectorZhang Yimou
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