Red Sorghum (1988)
Directed by Zhang Yimou · 91 min · Drama, Romance, History
53.2 TOPICAL score · #1,706 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
Red Sorghum (1988, directed by Zhang Yimou) has a TOPICAL score of 53.2 - ranked 1,706 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 4 awards from 4 nominations, including the Golden Bear. Critics: 85% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (262 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 30 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics85% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (262 ratings)
- Awards4 wins, 4 nominations - incl. Golden Bear; Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture; Hundred Flowers Award for Best Picture
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 30 languages
- Still read6,819 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Gong Li (actor #375), Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun, Liu Ji