Living the Land · LeviOsa

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Living the Land · LeviOsa

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2025·10

DramaComedy2h 12m

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Tomatometer

6.9

TMDB

Storyline

With both parents working far away, ten-year-old Chuang is being raised by extended family in his home village, where thousands of years of rural tradition collide with the socio-economic changes of China in the early 1990s.

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Details

DirectorHuo Meng

ReleasedDec 24, 2025

StatusReleased

Original languageChinese

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide10BR

Studios

Bad Rabbit PicturesFloating Light (Foshan) Film and Culture

Shanghai Film GroupPhoenix Legend FilmsLianray Pictures

Cast

Wang Shang

Xu Chuang

Zhang Chuwen

Zhang Chuwen

Li Xiuying

Zhang Yanrong

Mrs. Li-Wang

Zhang Caixia

Sun Guilan

Cao Lingzhi

Wang Cuifang

Zhou Haotian

Jihua

Jiang Yien

Laidan

Kaidong Yang

Liu Hongai

Zhong Wan

Uncle Tuanjie

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Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

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Sheila O'Malley

RTRogerEbert.comApr 3, 2026

The film is deeply mournful, but also pierced with joy.

B

Beatrice Loayza

RTNew York TimesApr 2, 2026

A patient, multigenerational drama that immerses viewers in the traditions and labor practices of a farming community in China’s Henan Province.

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Jake Cole

RTSlant MagazineApr 30, 2025

Huo Meng’s second feature is attentive to the everyday rhythms of rural communities.

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Luis Martínez

RTEl Mundo (Spain)Aug 13, 2026

Huo Meng portrays with unusual clarity and beauty the contradictions of a society that is falling apart while it grows. [Full review in Spanish]

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Information

Title

Living the Land

Released

Dec 24, 2025

Rated

10

Region of Origin

China

Original Audio

Chinese

Runtime

2h 12m

Status

Released

Studios

Bad Rabbit Pictures, Floating Light (Foshan) Film and Culture

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