Hai Qing (left) and Wu Renlin in a still from Return to Dust, directed by Li Ruijun. Photo: Hucheng No.7 Films Ltd
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Berlin 2022: Return to Dust movie review – Chinese director Li Ruijun finds bleak poetry in an arranged marriage between two villagers
- The tender, heartwarming relationship between a hard-working farmer and an abused woman is at the heart of Return to Dust by Chinese writer-director Li Ruijun
- Wu Renlin, who stars as the farmer, shines in a deeply humane film that also deals with the conflict between rural traditions and increasing modernisation
