China in the 1920s. Zhou Lian (played by Yu LAN), a rural woman, and Jiang Meiqing (played by Sun Daolin), a student from a normal school, tied the kn[Expand All]
China in the 1920s. Zhou Lian (played by Yu LAN), a rural woman, and Jiang Meiqing (played by Sun Daolin), a student from a normal school, tied the knot. At this time, China was on the eve of the Great Revolution. At the beginning of their marriage, the young couple was deeply in love with each other. Gradually, Zhou Lian began to understand her husband's behavior. She didn't know that her husband was a Communist in the Northern Expeditionary Army. However, after the failure of the Great Revolution, her husband was brutally killed by the reactionaries. This made Zhou Lian fully realize the cruelty of class struggle. She was determined to complete her husband's unfinished business. So she took her children to Shanghai and, as required by the organization, participated in the underground work of the Party. Her eldest son, who had returned from the Soviet Union, was arrested by the intelligence agency. However, this did not scare Zhou Lian, who had already come to her senses. Despite the enemy's various lashes and threats at the cost of her son's life, Zhou Lian remained unmoved. Finally, the son sacrificed his young life. After Zhou Lian was arrested, she still held on to revolutionary beliefs, believing that reactionary rule would surely be overthrown......[Collapse]