Movie
Rice
1995 · 110 min
A slow, grim climb through a pitiless world where ambition curdles into quiet cruelty.
- Directed by
- Huang Jian-Zhong
- Genres
- Drama
- Overview
- Shot in 1995, but banned until 2004, this is an adaptation of Su Tong's novel about a shrewd amoral country boy who arrives in the big city in the 1930s and works at a rice emporium.. Initially pushed around, he learns the ropes in his new environment quickly, eventually climbing to the position of boss by marrying the daughter of the house.
- How it feels
- Dark, bleak, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Ambition, class, corruption, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Huang Jian-Zhong
- Genres
- Drama
