MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for Living the Land

Living the Land

2025 · 132 min

A patient, observational rural drama that unfolds like a memory, quiet and unhurried, with a gentle ache of change.

Directed by
Huo Meng
Genres
Drama
Overview
With both parents working far away, ten-year-old Chuang is being raised by extended family in his home village, where thousands of years of rural tradition collide with the socio-economic changes of China in the early 1990s.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Family, coming-of-age, memory, class
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Watch the trailer on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Add to a list: Living the Land

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

Rent or buy in the US
  • Amazon Video
  • Apple TV Store
  • Google Play Movies
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Huo Meng
Genres
Drama
In your watch list

More like this

Like Living the Land, but
That did not load.Show titles like this

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

    Where to watch in the US

    Change country

    Rent or buy
    • Amazon Video
    • Apple TV Store
    • Google Play Movies
    • YouTube
    • Fandango At Home

    Streaming data from JustWatch.All options on TMDB

    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Huo Meng
    Written by
    Huo Meng
    Starring
    Wang Shang, Zhang Chuwen, Zhang Yanrong, Zhang Caixia, Cao Lingzhi, Zhou Haotian, Jiang Yien, Kaidong Yang
    Cinematography
    Guo Daming
    Runtime
    132 min
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

    TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata

    Something wrong on this page? Tell us.