CHINA. Under the Hawthorn Tree - cinema review

directed by Zhang Yimou. China, 2010, 114 min - original version with Italian subtitles
This leading Chinese movie-maker shines the spotlight on the clash between the individual and authoritarian repression in a tender love story set in the days of the Cultural Revolution.  Afer his action-packed hit movies (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), here he returns to the intimate, poetic atmosphere of his masterpiece Raising the Red Lantern.