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Lover's Grief over the Yellow River

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Wikipedia article




'Lover's Grief over the Yellow River' is a 1999 Chinese film directed by Feng Xiaoning. It was China's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not receive a nomination.* Feng considers it the second of his "War and Peace" () trilogy.

Plot



The plot centers on an American pilot, played by Paul Kersey, who also starred in Feng Xiaoning's 1997 'Red River Valley', a film which depicted the British invasion of Tibet in 1905. During the Second Sino-Japanese War the American pilot makes a forced landing near the Great Wall in North China but is taken into the care of the Communist guerilla forces. He meets and falls in love with a young woman fighter who had been raped by the Japanese invaders. The American returns to the Yellow River after the opening of China in the 1980s.

See also



* List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

* List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References




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