DVD

Return to Dust

Ruijun Li – China – 2022

CHF 21.90 / EUR 20.40

Ma and Guiying lead lives that are similarly sheltered and difficult. He is a reticent farmer, the last of his family to remain unmarried; she is disabled and infertile, and long past what is considered to be marrying age in rural China. Their arranged marriage, uniting two people who are accustomed to isolation and humiliation, would appear to force them into a relationship that will make life worse for both of them. But instead, they seize the opportunity to rise above themselves and discover their shared destiny. They learn how to become close companions, how to speak up, how to care for each other and even how to smile. All this in spite of the hard work required of them by their quintessential bond with the land and the trials that await them on their common path. Against a backdrop of topics such as the exploitation of farm workers, forced urbanisation, the uprooting of traditions and poverty, Li Ruijun – who returns to his birthplace of Gaotai, in the northern province of Gansu – prioritises the characters' worldview, with its inherent naivety and fragility, through an act of trust and love that infuses the film with subtle tenderness and profound humanity.

«A later-life love story of the gentlest kind, Li Ruijun's Return to Dust is an absorbing, beautifully framed drama that makes a virtue - possibly too much a virtue - of simplicity.» Variety


trigon-film dvd-edition 402
Language 
OV chinese (Gansu) Subtitles deutsch, français
Length 133 min. Format PAL, 1:1.55 - 16/9 PB, Colour Sound DD 5.1 Surround Age 16 Region code All regions
Bonus Trailer 

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