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Red Sorghum
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74/100
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Lowest is AlloCiné on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 83.
See the most agreed on films →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.
Details
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Writers
- Chen Jianyu, Li Kezhi, Zhu Wei
- Studio
- Xi'an Film Studio
- Released
- 10 October 1988
- Country
- China
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Awards
- 4 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →4 wins from 5 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 1989 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | People's Republic of China | Nominee |
| Golden Bear 1988 | Golden Bear | Winner | |
| Golden Rooster Award 1988 | Best Picture | Winner | |
| Huabiao Award 1988 | Outstanding Film | Winner | |
| Hundred Flowers Award 1988 | Best Picture | Winner |
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5 awards — Red Sorghum
×| International Submission to the Academy Awards | People's Republic of China | Nominee |
| Golden Bear | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner |
| Outstanding Film | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner |