The Red Awn

(Hongse kangbaiyin)

de Cai Shangjun

China

Director: Cai Shangjun

Script: Cai Shangjun, Gu Xiaobai, Feng Rui

Cinematographer: Li Chengyu, Chen Hao

Editing: Zhou Ying

Sound: Xia Xin

Music: Huang Zhenyu, Dong Wei

Cast: Yao Anlian, Lu Yulai, Shi Junhui, Huang Lu, Wang Hong, Fan Jiang

Production:
Wan Ji Communications & Production Co. / Xiu Dong,
Hao Ye Investment & Consulting Ltd.
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Mail: [email protected]

Year: 2007

35 mm, Colour, 101 min, 
OV Mandarin with English Subtitles
French Electronic Subtitles

FIPRESCI Award Busan 2007

Unreleased
French Premiere

Whenever the wheat becomes golden, thousands of floaters leave their homes and migrate from one place to another, to make a living by working in the wheat fields…
A 50 years old father, leaves his wife and son in their hometown and goes to the city to make money for five years. His seventeen-year-old son grows up in the countryside alone without any care. In this summer, the father comes back and decides to drive the red combine for harvesting with his son. On their way, an irresponsible father and a resentful son try to rebuild their bond, to face their des tiny...