I found an article (in German) about the real person this drama is based upon: https://www.studeo-ostasiendeutsche.de/deutsche-in-ostasien/personen/777-burgmayer-heinrich-freundlieb-heinrich-1884-1955-backermeister
I really liked the script. So many interpersonal relationships portrayed quite realistic. Some are complex and yet the characters' actions and point of view are comprehensible. Some scenes and dialogues are especially touching and/or food for thought. Overall it was beautifully shot...
The reason why I post this as a spoiler: The summary doesn't seem right to me. The lead couple never breaks up or separates, as the last paragraph implies.
I was happy to see her in the movie I watched in theatre today: UMAMI (a French-Japanese movie starring Gérard Depardieu) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mWSEsYwwk (official international trailer)
Thanks to Donsubbers! Just the last line (annotation) IMO was really bad taste - always, and especially nowadays where Europe is war torn and nuclear threads are echoing from state media again!
The Chinese Hukou system is a means of population registration, not unlike a census crossed with an in-country…
The hukou system has origins in China that date back to ancient times, but the system in its current form came into being 1958, (with some minor changes since). There have been happening some atrocious things connected to this issue, e.g. during the Great Famine 1958-62
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The reason why I post this as a spoiler: The summary doesn't seem right to me. The lead couple never breaks up or separates, as the last paragraph implies.