In Their Prime
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Synopsis
A humanist war drama, set in the hill caves and muddy valleys of the China-Vietnam border, about a group of young soldiers sent to the battlefields of Vietnam.
Director
Zhou Xiaowen
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Feature directorial debut for Zhou Xiaowen.
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dialogue Mandarin and Chinese
Zhou Xaiowen and Fang Fang's "In Their Prime" was one of two pictures banned in in 1987 (the other "The Dove Tree" by Wu Ziniu) because they addressed the topical Chinese-Vietnamese border conflict; both films remained in Chinese vaults until this year.