Tuesday 20 September 2022

The Search of Lost Time

Movie: The Search of Lost Time / The End of the Sea is a Prairie
Chinese Title: 海的尽头是草原 / Hai De Jin Tou Shi Cao Yuan

Release Date: September 9, 2022

Language: Mandarin
Director: Derek Yee
Screenwriter: Shang Yang, Shi Ling, Derek Yee, Li Miao
Executive Producer: Zeng Han, Yu Dong, Zhao Haicheng, Li Jie
Chief Producer: Li Jinwen
Producer: Bai Jie, Jiang Deguo
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from the historical event of "Three Thousand Orphans Entering Inner Mongolia" in the early 1960s

Love Meter

Synopsis and Plot Summary

In the late 1950s, New China suffered severe natural disasters, and a large number of orphans in the south were in danger of undernourishment.

At this juncture, the party committee and government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region took the initiative to take in nearly 3,000 orphans who are handed over to kind-hearted herdsmen for adoption. Here, children will learn to integrate into new environments and families. All their unease and pain will be resolved one by one due to love.

Fun Facts

The blessing ceremony was held on April 15, 2021 in Hengdian, Zhejiang province.
Filming was completed on August 9, 2021 in Inner Mongolia.
Director Derek Yee began to adjust the script and make preparations as early as 2019, but due to the pandemic, the film did not officially start until early 2021.
Wang Churan, Ding Chengxin, Zhang Mingen, etc. make special appearances.

Cast