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'Return to Dust' is a Chinese drama film written and directed by Li Ruijun. It had its world premiere at Berlinale 2022. It is in Mandarin Chinese with a run time of 133 minutes. It premiered in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2022, and will go on general release in November.

Synopsis



The story follows the lives of Ma Youtie and Cao Guiying in rural Gansu. Guiying is disabled, infertile, and past the normal age by which women would be married in rural China. Their families arrange a marriage between the two and they fall in love. They lead a simple life farming with their donkey. There are multiple empty properties in their hometown and they are moved into one of them; however, a government incentive to demolish the poorly built houses is lucrative for their owners who have migrated elsewhere for work. They eventually build their own home. A local businessman has an emergency and requires blood transfusions, and Youtie learns that he shares the same rare blood type. In return for his help, the businessman's wealthy family offers Youtie lavish gifts, which he respectfully declines.

Cast and crew



Production



In order to make the film cast and crew had to live in a remote town in the northwest of Gansu and Hai Qing, who is an acclaimed film star in China, actually lived with Wu Renlin who is a local man who is an untrained actor. Hai was taught the skills required to be a farmer and participated in the mud brick house building. Hai also learned the local dialect. Wu normally works as a farmer.

Accolades



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