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Return To Dust (隐入尘烟 / Yin Ru Chen Yan)

Classic Cinema

25 April 2023
131 minutes
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  • Date 25 April 2023
  • Time11.30am
  • Admission€5 (incl. tea/coffee)
  • Duration131 minutes

Director: Li Ruijun, Country: China, Year: 2022

This April, The Dock's Classic Cinema presents the tender Chinese drama, Return To Dust. Elegantly shot and beautifully acted, this film shows a side of Chinese society rarely seen on cinema screens.

The film is set in the rural Gansu region of China. It focuses on Ma and Cao - two people seen only as inconveniences by their respective families. They are cast off and forced into an arranged marriage.

Living a simple but challenging farming life, Ma and Cao gradually fall in love. Together, they decide to build their own modest home. However, a state-ordered demolition process threatens their very way of life.


Return to Dust proved a surprise commercial hit in China before being targeted by local censors and removed from Chinese cinemas and streaming platforms. See the original, uncensored version.

“... this poetic tale of an arranged marriage which blossoms into a true partnership is Li’s most affecting and accessible work to date.” - Screen International

About Classic Cinema

Classic Cinema is the Dock's film club which brings its audience the best of international, independent, and arthouse film. Classic Cinema usually meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 11.30am.

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