Yellow Earth
1984 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 2,653 VOTES · DIR. Chen Kaige
Overview
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust…
Dialogue Timeline — 334 lines
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00:00:09 YELLOW EARTH
00:05:08 The bride descends from the sedan-chair.
00:09:18 Drink from big bowls at the wedding.
00:12:36 The ice on the Yellow River will not melt in June.
00:16:01 What is your name?
00:18:18 Uncle, it's different in the south.
00:19:39 Heat water, so the officer can wash his feet and go to bed.
00:23:20 Suffering is for ever, sweetness is short.
00:28:17 So men can sew...
00:30:44 She said she wouldn't go back, no matter what
00:33:01 The grain is sprouting, we need rain.
00:35:39 Why do you collect bitter songs?
00:38:46 The ducks are in the lake, the geese are on the wild mountain.
00:41:53 With sickle, hammer and pick.
00:45:12 Your dowry was used for your mother's funeral and your brother's betrothal.
00:48:17 We've got water, why don't you wash now?
00:50:15 I'll come and see you when I have time.
00:53:58 I won't leave. Let's go back.
00:59:10 I trust you.
01:01:34 In the darkness of my days I dream you will come back.
01:12:48 Sister, aren't you going to look for Brother Gu?
01:15:58 Don't cross the river.
01:18:39 Sister!
01:25:24 The Youth Unit of the Guangxi Film Studio.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed334
Dialogue density3.7 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:25:24
Production Record
DirectorChen Kaige
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes2,653