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White Deer Plain (2017)
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Original name: 白鹿原
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 3825 min.
TV show
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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.
Style:
tense, epic, family saga, period piece, historical drama, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
revolution, civil war, class struggle, chinese history, social change, war, japanese culture, society, culture, cultural difference, lifestyle, social relations, culture clash, life philosophy, showdown, village life, sacrifice, power struggle, feudalism, adaptation, social realism, violence, betrayal, tragedy, community ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
china
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