Genre: Drama
Starring: Fan Bingbing, Huang Jue, Du Jiayi, Wang Xueqi, Wang Zhiwen, Wang Ji, Li Ge, Jin Yaqin, Sun Guihua, Wang Jiajia
Release year: 2009
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
It is year 260 B.C. in the town of Lu Yi, under the kingdom of Zhao. Lady Li (Fan Bing Bing) marries Lord Ju Cong (Wang Xue Qi) in a period when the Zhao kingdom is being threatened by the Qin kingdom. After their marriage Lord Ju Cong and other men leaves to fight for their kingdom. While the ladies’ husbands have left to fight for the war, their wives are busy harvesting wheat and waiting for their husbands’ return.
Meanwhile two enemy fighters from Qin kingdom decide to abandon their troops and return to their village. Xia (Huang Jue) and Zhe (Du Jia Yi) decide to hide in the wheat fields to avoid themselves from getting their head chopped off by fellow Qin soldiers. They jump into the river and later floated to the nearby town of Lu Yi by accident. Since they know the have arrived in their enemy’s place, they pretend to be Zhao soldiers.
Lady Li and female shaman (Wang Ji) are not convinced of their claim to be Zhao soldiers and the soldiers’ claim that Zhao is heading for victory. Then there is bad news for the duo; Lord Chong (Wang Zhi Wen) from Qin kingdom have arrived in the town with his men, believed to be searching for the duo and they must think a new way of escaping before they get caught and their heads chopped off.
RATING: ?/10
REVIEW:
"...He's pics have always shown a strong elemental side, and here, the wheat-filled scenery, lensed in jaw-dropping widescreen by veteran Zhao Xiaoshi ("Forever Enthralled"), is an ever-present player in the characters' minds and lives. Formally, He bolsters this with other stylized choices, such as the white-garbed womenfolk serving as a sort of Greek chorus, formal visual setups (overhead group shots, splayed bodies, Li's chambers) and nods to various movie genres (the bandits arriving like gunslingers in a town).
The weakest aspect is the draggy comic interplay between Xia and Zhe, with Du especially grating as the handsome Xia's doofus sidekick. Film could easily lose 10 minutes here, especially for Western auds.
The rest of the starry cast blends well, with Fan carrying the film's emotional load in the biggest role of her career so far. She handles the part of the young wife abruptly thrust into leadership with physical aplomb, but isn't quite up to the heavier dramatic demands of the final reels.
The entire tech package is aces at all levels. With no large-scale scenes of warfare, most of the reported $6 million budget seems to have gone into the production design by Huo Tingxiao ("Hero," "House of Flying Daggers"), economically sketching a simpler age than later imperial China.
Chinese title literally means "Wheatfield(s)." Though set in Shanxi, northern China, the film was actually shot in the further northern province of Inner Mongolia...."
Source: Variety
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