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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese. No subtitle track in this language.
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Synopsis
Childhood friendship grows into love between a landowner’s son and the daughter of a herder. His mother refuses to accept a match across the class divide, forcing the young couple to negotiate a world in which affection carries less weight than family standing. Their hopes collide with the economic dependence of the girl’s household.
Cast
DirectorsBu Wancang
Historical context
Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan anchor a Lianhua romance built around the violence of class prejudice. The original bilingual intertitles are retained, with additional English translation where their two versions differ.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.
Photograph credit
Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.
- Ruan Lingyu — Chen Jiazhen (陈嘉震), 1935, 中国电影女明星照相集; Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain — PD-China and PD-1996
- Jin Yan — Unknown photographer, 1930s; Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain — PD-China and PD-1996
