White Deer Plain (2017)
Original title: 白鹿原
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Set in the eponymous White Deer Village in Shaanxi Province where the two most important families – Bai and Lu – and their sons have always lived together in peace. But the turmoil leads to a fierce struggle for land ownership. A young woman new to the village soon finds herself caught between the two camps. Director Liu Jin uses the story of these two families as a metaphor for the fate of the Chinese people as first Chinese war lords are overrun by Japanese invaders, then civil war follows hot on the heels of the Second World War and finally the victorious Maoists begin waving their red flags. The drama is based off the novel by Chen Zhong Shi.
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Zhang JiayiBai Jiaxuan
He BingLu Zilin
Qin HailuXian Cao
Liu PeiqiSir Zhu
Li HongtaoLu San
Ge ZhijunLu Taiheng
Lei JiayinLu Zhaopeng
Zhai TianlinBai Xiaowen
Li QinTian Xiao'e
Ta JiHei Wa
Deng LunLu Zhaohai
Wang XiaoBai XiaowuMovie DNA
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What is White Deer Plain about?
Set in the eponymous White Deer Village in Shaanxi Province where the two most important families – Bai and Lu – and their sons have always lived together in peace. But the turmoil leads to a fierce struggle for land ownership. A young woman new to the village soon finds herself caught between the two camps. Director Liu Jin uses the story of these two families as a metaphor for the fate of the Chinese people as first Chinese war lords are overrun by Japanese invaders, then civil war follows hot on the heels of the Second World War and finally the victorious Maoists begin waving their red flags. The drama is based off the novel by Chen Zhong Shi.
How long is White Deer Plain?
White Deer Plain has a runtime of 45 minutes.