With the fishermen's life on the southeastern coast in the early 1960s as its background, the film depicts a group of militia women who work both as fisher women and fighters defending their homes and the motherland.
Production
Authentic coastal village locations, meticulously staged.
Costume
Militia uniforms meet traditional fishing gear aesthetics.
Director
Xie Tieli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the Cultural Revolution's final years, Haixia exemplifies the 'model opera' aesthetic applied to film—heroic workers, clear class enemies, zero subtlety.
Director Xie Tieli was actually criticized and sent to labor camp before this film; Haixia marked his cautious return to state favor through ideological correctness.
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