{"product_id":"living-the-land","title":"Living the Land","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"p-rich_text_block\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p-rich_text_section\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2026 Subscribers\u003c\/strong\u003e: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p-rich_text_section\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis special limited edition slipcover (designed by Brandon Schaefer) is limited to \u003cstrong\u003e500 units\u003c\/strong\u003e and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"p-rich_text_block\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFounded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003efilm\u003c\/span\u003e services with its DVD-of-the-Month \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eFilm\u003c\/span\u003e Club, \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eFilm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eMovement\u003c\/span\u003e is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003efilms\u003c\/span\u003e based in New York City. In 2015, \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eFilm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eMovement\u003c\/span\u003e launched the reissue label \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eFilm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eMovement\u003c\/span\u003e Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003efilms \u003c\/span\u003eby auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the village of Bawangtai in 1991, time appears to have stood still. Despite the rapid industrialization happening in cities across China, everyday rural life for farming families in the Henan province remains steadfastly tied to the demands of the land. 10-year-old Xu Chuang, the third-born child of one such family, is unceremoniously left with his wheat farmer uncle when his parents and older siblings set out to find work in the Southern city of Shenzhen. Cared for though unable to shake the feeling he doesn’t belong with the extended Li family, Chuang finds comfort in a young aunt – who feels similarly uneasy as she is pressured to marry – and his surly but kind nonagenarian great-grandmother. Each season rolls into the next, and Chuang learns the quotidian rhythms of the land which they all till, at once bucolic, cruel, cyclical and nourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Silver Bear winner for Best Director at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival, Chinese filmmaker Huo Meng’s elliptical and elegant sophomore feature proves “a cinema of patience is also a cinema of assurance” (\u003cem\u003eIndiewire\u003c\/em\u003e). Equal parts coming-of-age tale and epic portrait of provincial life, \u003cem\u003eLiving the Land\u003c\/em\u003e exists at an apex for Chinese culture in the 1990s, “a time when major reforms were transforming China from a nation of rural laborers into the industrial powerhouse it is today” (\u003cem\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"p-rich_text_block\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003edirected by: Huo Meng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003estarring: Wang Shang, Zhang Yanrong, Zhang Chuwen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2025 \/ 132 min \/ 1.77:1 \/ Mandarin DTS-HD MA 5.1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"p-rich_text_block\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdditional info:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"p-rich_text_block\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion A Blu-ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterview with director Huo Meng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16-page booklet with essay by film writer Hayley Scanlon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish subtitles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FTmsX3_n_Rs?si=GYvGcNj5zaVL5aX2\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Film Movement","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Slipcover","offer_id":44988017606698,"sku":"FM-061 SLIP","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard Edition","offer_id":44988017639466,"sku":"FM-061","price":26.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/3025\/4180\/files\/Living_The_Land_P1_FM-061_I9O0S.jpg?v=1792787320","url":"https:\/\/vinegarsyndrome.com\/products\/living-the-land","provider":"Vinegar Syndrome","version":"1.0","type":"link"}