Leben!

A once-rich couple watches their luck curdle under revolution’s slow pressure. Fugui and Jiazhen shear themselves down to bare survival across decades of famine and war. The story stays stubbornly earthbound, content to keep its pain close to the soil.

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Zhang Yimou directed Leben! in 1994. See Zhang Yimou's full filmography, where to start with Zhang Yimou, or where to go after you've seen everything by Zhang Yimou.

Leben! was released in 1994 (ZH original-language production), with a runtime of 133 minutes.