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The Economist - Is There a Western Film That You Can Compare With?
The film is set in rural Gansu province. The male lead is his uncle, not a professional actor, but a local farmer. There are very moving scenes of the male protagonist building a mud, fast-roofed hut. In the US, we call it flyover country. People have really rough lives. And this animates it so vividly. That's what seems to have struck a lot of audiences.