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Query: Powerful piece that depicts the struggles of survival

To Live takes place mid century in China just after the second world war. The story line follows the Xu family and the hardships that befalls them up to the late 60s and early 70s.It illustrates to what lengths people had to adapt and convert to in order to survive under Communist rule (especially during the cultural revolution). Old friends and even family had to form divisive lines between themselves in order to save themselves from possible prosecution.The acting and the interactions of the three main protagonists Li Gong, You Ge and Deng Fei are masterful and stirring. To Live is as good a film representing this time period as any other. Definitely an epic on the same plateau as Farewell My Concubine