Love Under a Hawthorn Tree | In Three Sentences

Set in the Cultural Revolution, an innocent girl called Jingqiu goes to the countryside for ‘re-education’ but meets a lad nicknamed Lao San.

This is not a story with a happy ending, but it has become one of my favorites because the tasteful cinematography, and the moving portrayal of innocent love in that 70’s decade absolutely worked out for this movie.

You’ll remember the storytelling from its tiny moments, and of course as the whole package.