A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.

• DirectorZhang Yimou
• Release21 April 1990
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 35m
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  7.1
  169 reviews
• Productions

  China Film Co-Production Corp., Xi'an Film Studio