Query: Films based on Chinese novels about revloutions
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Under the Hawthorn Tree (film)
Hibiscus Town
Coming Home (2014 film)
In the Heat of the Sun
English (2018 film)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (film)
To Live (1994 film)
Farewell My Concubine (film)
Evidence from documents: Under the Hawthorn Tree (film): '''''Under the Hawthorn Tree''''' () is 2010 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou. It was adapted from the popular 2007 novel ''Hawthorn Tree Forever'' by Ai Mi, which was based on a true story set during the Cultural Revolution.
Hibiscus Town: '''''Hibiscus Town''''' () is a 1986 Chinese film directed by Xie Jin, based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua. The film, a melodrama, follows the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and as such is an example of the "scar drama" genre that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s that detailed life during that period.
Coming Home (2014 film): Films based on Chinese novels: The story is adapted from the novel ''The Criminal Lu Yanshi'' written by novelist Geling Yan.
about revloutions: Lu Yanshi was a professor before being sent to the labor camp during the Cultural Revolution.
In the Heat of the Sun: Films based on Chinese novels: '''''In the Heat of the Sun''''' is a 1994 Chinese film directed and written by Jiang Wen. The film is based loosely on author Wang Shuo's novel ''Wild Beast''.
about revloutions: The romantic and nostalgic representation of history is evident through the sensual narrative as well as the sexual experience of the film’s characters at the height of the Cultural Revolution.
English (2018 film): upcoming Chinese coming-of-age film directed by Joan Chen, based on the novel by Wang Gang. The story is set in the Cultural Revolution.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (film): Based on the 2000 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title by Dai, the film revolves around two young Chinese boys of bourgeois background who were sent to a remote village in Sichuan province for three years of re-education during the Cultural Revolution.
To Live (1994 film): '''''To Live''''', also titled '''''Lifetimes''''' in some English versions, is a 1994 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and written by Lu Wei, based on the novel of the same name by Yu Hua. It is produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and ERA International, starring Ge You and Gong Li, in her 7th collaboration with director Zhang Yimou.


This film is about a couple, portrayed by Ge You and Gong Li, living through tumultuous periods of modern Chinese history, from the Chinese Civil War in the late 1940s to the Cultural Revolution. After going through enormous personal difficulties and tragedies, the couple tenaciously survives and endures, witnessing the vast changes of modern China.
Farewell My Concubine (film): Adapted for the screen by Lu Wei based on the novel by Lilian Lee, the film is set in a politically tumultuous 20th-century China, from the early days of the Republic to the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.