The Savage Land (film)

The Savage Land (Yuan Ye) is a 1981 Chinese film directed by Ling Zi to a screenplay Si Ji after the play of the same name by Cao Yu. The film features Liu Xiaoqing as the female lead,^[1] Yang Zaibao, and Bu Min. The film was shown in Venice, but not released in China till 1987.^[2]

References

^ Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema - Page 103 0810867796 Tan Ye, Yun Zhu - 2012 -"Two years later, she starred as the female lead in Ling Zi's film adaptation of Cao Yu's stage play The Wilderness (aka The Savage Land, 1981). Because of one scene depicting a sexual encounter, it was not [un]blocked from public screening by censorship until six years later. Once released, however, it proved an immediate success and brought Liu another Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress. "
^ Asiaweek -1982 Volume 8 The enthusiastic foreign reception given last year to independent director Ling Zi's Savage Land, made by an upstart company out of the heavy-handed reach of China's cinema bureaucrats and still awaiting public release in ..."

External links

The Savage Land at IMDb

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[1] Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema - Page 103 0810867796 Tan Ye, Yun Zhu - 2012 -"Two years later, she starred as the female lead in Ling Zi's film adaptation of Cao Yu's stage play The Wilderness (aka The Savage Land, 1981). Because of one scene depicting a sexual encounter, it was not [un]blocked from public screening by censorship until six years later. Once released, however, it proved an immediate success and brought Liu another Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress. "

[2] Asiaweek -1982 Volume 8 The enthusiastic foreign reception given last year to independent director Ling Zi's Savage Land, made by an upstart company out of the heavy-handed reach of China's cinema bureaucrats and still awaiting public release in ..."

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