"The Lettuce" (China, 1965)

A timeless classic black and white film about China's Anti-Japanese War. The masterpiece of Chinese director Li Ang. It is adapted from the novel of the same name by a Chinese writer. In 1940, the arduous war of resistance by the militiamen and villagers in the Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Base Area of ??the Communist Party of China, as well as the successive revolutions and sacrifices of a rural family, especially created a rural woman who understood righteousness, was fiercely loyal, and finally took up the gun to kill the traitorous principal. Great mother figure. The perseverance of the Chinese nation, family affection and love that have withstood the test of death in war. During this period, the people's deep affection for the Communist Party is particularly impressive. The performance is simple and the background is profound. The theme song "Bitter Cauliflower" sung by a female soloist in the film is deeply tragic and mournful, making people cry when hearing it: The bitter cauliflower blooms all over the ground, and dark clouds cover the sun... The bitter cauliflower blooms on the high hills, and the blood of martyrs is sprinkled on the bank of Qinghu Lake... Starring Qu Yun, Yuan Xia, Wang Zhigang, Yang Yaqin, Gu Lan and others.

The film describes how an ordinary rural woman like the heroic mother Aunt Feng, under the leadership of the party, trained and grew into a woman with a high degree of class consciousness and a lofty spirit of patriotism in the brutal struggle against the enemy. The soldier made her understand the truth that to deal with the brutal class enemies, the only way to fight is to take up the barrel of a gun.