Director
Li Ruijun
Starring
Wu Renlin, Hai Qing
Run Time
133 mins
Release Year
2022
Country of Origin
China
Language
Mandarin, local Gansu dialect
Director of Photography: Wang Weihua
Exec Producer: Xiang He
Editor: Li Ruijun
Produced by: Zhang Min, Li Yan
Music: Peyman Yazdanian
Screenplay by: Li Ruijun
Return to Dust (隐入尘烟)
Part of the Heartbreakers Strand
Barely tolerated by families keen to unburden themselves of responsibility, Youtie Ma, a middle-aged farmer, and Guiying Cao, are forcibly married. Beginning their lives together with quiet indifference, the two simply get on with their hardscrabble lives, but as the seasons pass inexorably by, and seemingly insurmountable problems are overcome, a deeper bond develops. In director Li Ruijin’s hugely satisfying, small-scale epic, political change may be the couple’s toughest challenge yet. [15]