Breaking with Old Ideas

Breaking with Old Ideas (1975)

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The film tells the story of the Communist Labour College that opened in the 1960s. Long Guozheng, an emissary from the Communist government and Li Jinfeng, a female peasant student, must fight against the school's more conservative elements. In the film's climax, Li is put on trial and is about to be expelled from the school when she is saved by a pronouncement from Chairman Mao himself.

Date of release
1975-01-01
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (8)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama
Director
Li Wenhua

Casting

Interesting facts

Breaking with Old Ideas is a 1975 Chinese propaganda film directed by Li Wenhua. The film is one of the few that were produced during the Cultural Revolution. As a result of the political upheaval taking place, Breaking with Old Ideas's plot was heavily regulated under highly codified guidelines on story and characterization so that it would have a mass character, as opposed to an individual focused character, namely proletarian politics as opposed to bourgeois politics. The film draws inspiration from issues with schooling in China at the time, such as that there was too much study, and too little social practice.

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