In Their Prime


1h 41m 1986

Brief 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.

Film Details

Also Known As
Tamen Zheng Nianqing
Genre
Drama
War
Release Date
1986
Production Company
Han Zhongjie; Li Pingfen

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

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.

Film Details

Also Known As
Tamen Zheng Nianqing
Genre
Drama
War
Release Date
1986
Production Company
Han Zhongjie; Li Pingfen

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Feature directorial debut for Zhou Xiaowen.

color

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.