キーワード Communist Party

地方に伝わる民謡の収集に陝西省を訪れた八路軍の兵士。世話になる農家には唄のうまい少女がいた。いつしか彼女は兵士に幼い恋心を抱くのだが……。'30年代の山村を舞台に、まだ見ぬ世界とその世界の存在を知らせてくれた男に対する少女の憧憬を、中国映画のヌーヴェルヴァーグ陳凱歌が詩情豊かに描く。

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was a mediocre who rose to power because of the blindness and ignorance of the Germans, who believed he was nothing more than an eccentric dreamer. But when the crisis of 1929 devastated the economy, the population, fearful of chaos and communism, voted for him. And no one defended democracy. As the dictatorship extended its relentless shadow, the leader claimed peace, but was preparing the Apocalypse.

In 1966, Justo Gil arrives in Barcelona as a migrant with the purpose of gaining enough money to give his sick mother the best care. His great charisma allows him to socialize with the youngsters of the upper-class, until an unexpected turn of events makes him become an informer of the political police, in order to pursue communist cells.