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This film is adapted from the well-known novelist Lao Shes story of the same na
By ChinaFilm.com Published: 2008-04-24
When China’s first expressway, built with World Band funding, is completed, Ian North, the general project supervisor, finds a section of road which is sub-standard, and wants it repaired within fifteen days. This is a tall order, but the Youth Shock Brigade, headed by Xia Long, takes on the task, even though it’s midsummer and for the workers it should be their holiday period. In order to win credit for China, the brigade by renouncing their holidays also miss out on seeing family and friends. In the searching heat they toil for fourteen days, and so complete the work ahead of time…
Screenplay: Gui Yuqing
Director: Ma Huiwu
Cinematography: An Zhiguo, Dong Yinde
Art Director: Song Honghua
Music: Shi Wanchun, Wang Yueming
Starring: Guo Bichuan, Zhu Decheng, Ma Shuchao, Glodir
Running time: 89 min.
Produced by Changchun Film Studio
Produced in 1992
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