TV series

The Ordinary World

2015 · 1 season

A patient, heartfelt chronicle of rural hardship and hope, rich in everyday detail and quiet emotional weight.

Overview: In 1970s rural China, Sun Shaoping and his older brother Sun Shaoan pursue different paths as they struggle with love, poverty, and the hope of building better lives.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Politics, family, class, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
family
class
love
survival
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Weining Mao
Written by: Wen HaoJie
Starring: Wang Lei, Tong Liya, Yuan Hong, Li Xiaomeng, Liu Wei, You Yongzhi, Lv Yi, Kang Aishi
Length: 1 seasons, 56 episodes, 45 min each
Network: Beijing Television
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin