Adapted from the novel with the same title. This is a tragedy that occurs in modern China. By a vivid description of the frustrated life story of Gao Jialin, a high school graduate who is first dismissed from teaching post and then enrolled as a journalist in the city and finally dismissed from the post and become a farmer again, this movie presents the young man as a serious issue of how to deal with their life.
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Zhou Lijing
高加林
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Bai Xue
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Wu Yufang
刘巧珍
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Love O2O
Gao Baocheng
德顺爷爷
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Li Xiaoli
黄亚萍
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Red Dust
迷途英雄
Jia Liu
高玉德
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Xu Mao and His Daughters
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Yu Zhongyi
高明楼
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Niu jiao shi
Zhang Ga the Soldier Boy
Tian Weixi
马栓
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Qian Wen
马占胜
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背靠背，脸对脸
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Xue Bai
巧玲
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Yellow Earth
Xue Jianshe
巧英
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斗鸡
A Sweet Life
Mu Shulan
克南妈
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Wu Tianming Director · Yao Lu Writer Xu Youfu Composer
First release August 1, 1984 · Produced in China · Original title 人生
Production
Xi'an Film Studio
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China
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Original title
人生
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · August 1, 1984
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