Red Sorghum
Taste attributes: dramawarromancehistoricalslowheavyrealisticlineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeExpect an emotional, realistic war film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: very slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.0 /10
TMDB · 118 votes
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Xi'an Film Studio
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
