Chunmiao is a 1975 Chinese film directed by Xie Jin, Yan Bili and Liang Tingduo, starring Li Xiuming as the titular village girl who became a barefoot doctor through political struggle. Like all films released in the Cultural Revolution, it is a propaganda film, in this case promoting the Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius movement.

The ultra-leftist political message aside, the film is considered well-made artistically. It was shot in the countryside near Shaoxing, Zhejiang. It was Xie Jin's only film during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976).

Cast

  • Li Xiuming as Chunmiao
  • Feng Qi as Qian Jiren
  • Da Shichang as Fang Ming
  • Liu Zinong as Li Aqiang
  • Gao Baocheng Uncle Shuichang
  • Li Lingjun as Auntie Ah Fang
  • Bai Mu as Du Wenjie
  • Zhang Yu as Lianlian

References

  • Marion, Donald J. (1997). The Chinese Filmography: The 2444 Feature Films Produced by Studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0305-5.
  • Pang, Laikwan (2017). The Art of Cloning: Creative Production During China's Cultural Revolution. Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-78478-520-8.

Further reading

  • Chunmiao, scenes 28－30, translated by Paul Clark. Renditions, Spring 2009.


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