An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
Red Sorghum has generally received very positive reviews.
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Red Sorghum was released in 1988 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 64 reviews, giving Red Sorghum (1988) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 82% and users giving an average score of 85%.
With a score of 76%, Red Sorghum is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1988 with similar scores include films like Dangerous Liaisons, Die Hard and Big.
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