Category: Return to Dust

Film Review: ‘Return to Dust’

Not Rated | 2h 13m | Drama, Romance | 21 July 2023 (China) Arriving with next to no fanfare, the China-produced romantic drama “Return to Dust” (“Dust”) last year inadvertently pulled off a feat that left egg on the face of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). There are a few reasons why the CCP ended up removing “Dust” from circulation, which…


Box Office Hit ‘Return to Dust’ Disappears From Chinese Theatres and Streaming Services

A popular Chinese love-story movie was removed from all Chinese theatres and streaming services only weeks after its release. The arthouse movie “Return to Dust,” with a budget of 2 million yuan (about $280,000), tells the story of a couple in an arranged marriage who live in a rural area of China’s northwestern Gansu Province….