Poster of The Love of the Hawthorn Tree

Director: Zhang Yimou

Writers: Yin Lichuan, Gu Xiaobai, Ai Mi

Stars: Zhou Dongyu, Shawn Dou, Xi Meijuan, Li Xujian, Lǚ Liping, Sun Haiying

115 min – Drama/Romance – Sept. 16, 2010

The Buzz: Set during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), Under the Hawthorn Tree was adapted from Ai Mi's 2007 online novel Hawthorn Tree Forever, which is based on a true story about a young city girl with a condemned political background, Jing (Zhou Dongyu),who falls in love with a young man from a high-profile family, Sun (Dou Xiao), when she goes to the countryside to be re-educated.