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Zhang Nuanxin

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Zhang Nuanxin

Born October 27, 1940 · Inner Mongolia, China

Died May 28, 1995 · aged 54

Zhang Nuanxin (27 October 1940 - 28 May 1995) was a Chinese film director, and a leading figure of the Fourth Generation of Chinese directors. Her most famous film The Drive to Win won the 2nd Golden Rooster special awards. Nuanxin Zhang is also best known for her films Sacrifice of Youth, A Yunnan Story.

Known For

Le palanquin des larmesLe palanquin des larmes · 1986
Le palanquin des larmes
★ 7.81986
MovieDrama
The story of three generations of a family in Shanghai against the backdrop of tumultuous times.
Good Morning BeijingGood Morning Beijing · 1990
Good Morning Beijing
★ 7.51990
MovieDrama
A Beijing bus driver is in love with a ticket-taker, but she becomes pregnant by a Singapore student.
1994: South China1994: South China · 1994
1994: South China
1994
MovieDrama
A melodrama about the return to class exploitation in a capitalist enterprise in a southern city. It was prohibited from screening in China.
The Drive to WinThe Drive to Win · 1981
The Drive to Win
★ 6.51981
MovieDrama
Sha Ou is a volleyball player and works hard against her injuries resulting from training. In spite of her defeat in an international competition and the the death of her boyfriend, she insists on her training.
Sacrificed YouthSacrificed Youth · 1985
Sacrificed Youth
★ 7.91985
MovieDrama
A young girl from the city is sent out to work in a village of Dai people in China's cultural revolution. Here she learns to enjoy being young and gains a new outlook on life.
Li SiguangLi Siguang · 1979
Li Siguang
1979
MovieDrama
The biography of famous Chinese geologist Li Siguang.
The Story of YunnanThe Story of Yunnan · 1993
The Story of Yunnan
★ 7.01993
MovieDramaHistory
Raised in occupied Manchuria during World War II, young Shuzi is left behind when her father's regiment suddenly retreats. When she is captured on the Great Wall, she is protected by a Chinese officer whom she marries and accompanies to his village in Yunnan. Shortly after they arrive, he dies and leaves her with his compassionate mother and younger brother, who claims to be her husband now.

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