A Withered Tree Meets SpringMovie
A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.
About A Withered Tree Meets Spring
A Withered Tree Meets Spring is a 1961 drama movie directed by Zheng Jun-li.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 40m, production credits from China, an original language code of ZH.
The credited cast includes You Jia, Zhihua Hu, Shangguan Yunzhu, Qianli Qian. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
