Three generations of workers built China's mountains into highways—and sacrificed everything.
On the socialist road, the development of China's highways is closely linked to the fate of the people. "Dalu Chaotian" takes the construction of Sichuan highway as the incision, and takes the construction of Chengya Expressway, Yaxi Expressway and Yakang Expressway as the theme. It tells the development of the times by telling the fate and emotional stories of the three generations of road and bridge workers accompanying the reform and opening up.
Cinematography
Sichuan mountains shot like mythic obstacles
Direction
Miao Yue spans 40 years without losing intimacy
Production
Actual highway construction footage integrated
Director
Miao Yue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chengya/Yaxi/Yakang expressways were real megaprojects completed 2012-2018, transforming Sichuan-Tibet access.
Li Baotian, playing eldest patriarch Tang, famously protested the 2018 Hundred Flowers Awards for excluding this film—making his on-screen death eerily meta.
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