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A STUDY GUIDE by Katy Marriner A STUDY GUIDE BY KATY MARRINER http://www.metromagazine.com.au http://www.theeducationshop.com.au meets and falls in love with Sun, who is working as a geologist in the village. Sun is older than Jing and the son of an elite military family. Given the difference TEACHERS NOTES in their social backgrounds, romance between the two is not only unthinkable, it is dangerous. But their mutual attrac- tion is undeniable. At first Jing tries to resist but Sun pursues her relentlessly, even after she returns to the city. Their romance blossoms - pure, passionate and in secret. No one must know; least of all Jing’s mother whose only desire is that her daughter ensures a future for herself at all cost. Then Sun disappears. When he reenters her life, Jing sees that something has changed. She is forced to confront her ideas about love, honor, and loyalty, to decide what she truly believes in. Director’S PROFILE Ever since his directorial debut Red Sorghum (1987) won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, Zhang Yimou has established his reputation as Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010) is a texts to explore concepts and ideas one of the most talented and influential Chinese feature film directed by Zhang and to clarify their own and others’ directors. Yimou. understanding. Yimou has received multiple honors as Under the Hawthorn Tree is suitable for Teachers are advised to direct students a director. He is the first Chinese film- middle and senior secondary students to complete activities that are subject maker to receive Motion Picture Acad- undertaking English, History, Literature, relevant and age appropriate. Teach- emy recognition, being nominated for an Media and Chinese. ers of Chinese may direct students to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film complete responses in Chinese rather category for Ju Dou (1990) in 1990, Raise Language: Mandarin with English sub- than English. the Red Lantern (1991) in 1992, and Hero titles (2003) in 2003. He has also earned the Silver Lion at the 44th Venice Interna- Length: 115 minutes. SYNOPSIS tional Film Festival for Raise the Red Lantern, the Golden Lion Award at the In completing the tasks, students will Under the Hawthorn Tree is based on 45th Venice International Film Festival have demonstrated the ability to: the novel Hawthorn Tree Forever by for The Story of Qiu Ju (1992), the Grand acclaimed author Ai Mi. Three million Jury Prize at the 47th Cannes Interna- • analyse the construction of a film and copies of the novel, an adaptation of a tional Film Festival for To Live (1994), the comment on the ways it represents true story, have been sold since it was Golden Lion Award at the 52nd Venice an interpretation of ideas and experi- first published in 2007. International Film Festival for Not One ences; Less (1999), the Silver Bear at the Berlin Jing, an innocent high school city girl, International Film Festival for The Road • respond to a film both personally and is sent to a remote mountain village for Home (1999) and the Alfred Bauer Prize in detached and critical ways; reeducation during the Cultural Revolu- for Hero. Yimou’s box office hit House of tion. With her father imprisoned as a Flying Daggers (2004) was the recipient • discuss the social, cultural and his- rightist, her ostracised mother struggles of multiple international awards as well torical values embodied in a film; to support her three children. Jing knows as BAFTA and Golden Globe nomina- SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION that her future and her family’s wellbeing tions for Best Foreign Film. • draw on appropriate metalanguage to depend on her behaviour. One wrong discuss the structures and features move and the authorities could destroy Yimou acted as the chief director of the of a film; their lives. spectacular opening and closing cer- emonies of the 29th Olympic Games in • use their own written and spoken It is at the mountain village, that Jing Beijing, 2008. 2 CREDITS DIRECTOR : Zhang Yimou PRODUCERS: Zhang Weiping, Hugo Shong, Cao Huaiyi, Bill Kong SCREENWRITERS: Yin Lichuan, Gu Xiaobai and A Mei CAST JING ZHOU DONGYU SUN ShawN DOU Jing’s mother Xi Meijuan Village Director Zhang Li Xuejian School teacher Mr. Luo Cheng Taishen Auntie Sa Rina Wei Jiang Ruijia Wei’s Mother Lv Liping Lin Yu Xinbo Fang Yi Xinyun Sun’s Father Sun Haiying Director Li Qi Ke Director’S STATEMENT LINKS ‘This is a film that exists in spite of the Photos and a press kit for Under the Hawthorn Tree can be downloaded from times. In spite of the challenges and www.wildbunch.biz difficulties of that era, this young girl and this young boy fell in love. In spite • Information about the film can be found at: of the changing times, people today can be moved and inspired by this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Hawthorn_Tree_%28film%29 film. That is because true love is pure and eternal. It happened then and it’s http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1554523/ happening now. It can be understood by all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds • Students may find the following sites useful when researching China’s Cul- and in this way, the story is timeless and tural Revolution. Teachers should preview the sites before they are used in meaningful. the classroom. I was greatly moved by the purity of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution this first love between the characters. I wanted to make this film because it http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cultural-revolution/ expresses something precious and I wanted to do it in a simple and minimal- http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/riley/787/China/Cultural/Cultural.html ist way fitting for something so natural SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION and pure.’ http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cultural_revolution.htm – Zhang Yimou, 2010 http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China1972/intro.html 3 E GUID ENT UD T S Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010) is a Chinese feature film directed by Zhang Yimou. Under the Hawthorn Tree is based on the novel Hawthorn Tree Forever by acclaimed author Ai Mi. Three million cop- ies of the novel, an adaptation of a true story, have been sold since it was first published in 2007. THE STORY Jing, an innocent high school city girl, is sent to a remote mountain village for reeducation during the Cultural Revolu- tion. With her father imprisoned as a rightist, her ostracised mother struggles to support her three children. Jing knows that her future and her family’s wellbeing depend on her be- haviour. One wrong move and the authorities could destroy their lives. It is at the mountain village, that Jing meets and falls in love with Sun, who is working as a geologist in the village. Sun is older than Jing and the son of an elite military family. Given the difference in their social backgrounds, romance between the two is not only unthinkable, it is dangerous. But their mutual attraction is undeniable. At first Jing tries to resist but Sun pursues her relentlessly, even after she returns to the city. Their romance blossoms - pure, pas- sionate and in secret. No one must know; least of all Jing’s mother whose only desire is that her daughter ensures a future for herself at all cost. SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION Then Sun disappears. When he reenters her life, Jing sees that something has changed. She is forced to confront her ideas about love, honor, and loyalty, to decide what she truly believes in. 4 BACKGROUND Under the Hawthorn Tree is set during Chinese’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was a social movement that took place in the People’s Republic of China from 1966 through to 1976. During this time Mao Ze- dong was Chairman of the Communist Party of China. The objective of the Revolution was to further cement socialism in the country by removing capitalist elements from Chi- nese society. In doing so, it involved major changes to the political, economic and social landscape of China. After Mao’s death in 1976, forces within the Party that op- posed the Revolution, gained prominence, and most of the political, economic, and educational reforms were aban- doned by 1978. The Revolution has been treated officially as a nega- tive phenomenon ever since, and the people involved in instituting the policies of the Revolution have since been prosecuted. FIRST IMPRESSIONS • Use print and electronic texts to extend your knowledge and understanding of the Great Proletarian Cultural • ‘Call his name quickly before it’s too late.’ Revolution. Some say that Under the Hawthorn Tree is a ‘tear jerker’. Did the film bring you to tears? Share your thoughts about the film with your peers. • What do you think are the messages of Under the Hawthorn Tree SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION • What questions do you have about the film? 5 Create a timeline that provides a summary of this period in Jing’s mother lives in constant fear of being punished China’s history. for not meeting expectations. She fears that Jing will be labelled as politically incorrect. • ‘It was a tragedy, for the nation, for millions of Chinese people and for me personally. I was sent to the country- How do her anxieties affect Jing? side for three years, then spent seven years in a factory. My situation was like Jing’s, possibly worse.’ (Zhang Yimou) Working as a class and drawing on moments from Under the Hawthorn Tree, discuss the way the director Zhang Yimou portrays the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
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