White Deer Plain (film)

White Deer Plain
Film poster
Directed byWang Quan'an
Screenplay byWang Quan'an
Based onWhite Deer Plain by Chen Zhongshi
Produced byZhang Xiaoke
StarringZhang Fengyi
CinematographyLutz Reitemeier
Release date
  • 12 November 2011 (2011-11-12)
Running time
188 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

White Deer Plain (Chinese: 白鹿原; pinyin: Bái Lù Yuán) is a 2011 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Quan'an and based on the novel of the same name by Chen Zhongshi. The film competed in competition for the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival,[1] where Lutz Reitemeier was awarded a Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Photography).[2]

The film focuses primarily on Bai Juaxian, his son Xiaowen and Hei Wa up to the point of the war with Japan. Many of the other characters in the novel are not mentioned.

  1. ^ "Berlinale Competition Now Complete". berlinale.de. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury 2012". Berlinale. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.