Life = Ren Sheng

Description: This film’s name is pronounced as Ren2 Sheng1; when directly translated into English, it means Life. It is a re-adaptation from a novel of the same name published in1981, in which the Director and screenwriter try to expose the life of peasant farmers during a time of transition from the old, Communistic China, to a ‘new’ China which breaks from the discreet eye of the Communist government. The film reflects the hardships, demeaning experiences and environments of peasantry farmers, as well as general society views at the time. Naturally, as the moniker suggests, this film is about life, but simultaneously it is also very much about love.