Terre Jaune

A dogmatic soldier enters northwest China to notarize folk songs. He lodges with a widow and her two children in a cave house, expecting deference but meets defiance. The exchange of tunes becomes an exchange of lives.

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Chen Kaige directed Terre Jaune in 1984. See Chen Kaige's full filmography, where to start with Chen Kaige, or where to go after you've seen everything by Chen Kaige.

Terre Jaune was released in 1984 (ZH original-language production), with a runtime of 91 minutes.