The Love Songs of Tiedan (2013)

Name: The Love Songs of Tiedan
Director: 郝杰 Jie Hao
Released: 2013

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StatusFull movie
CountryMainland China
LanguageMandarin 晋语
GenreDrama Comedy
Director郝杰 Jie Hao
Cast叶兰 Lan Ye 冯四 Si Feng 葛夏 Xia Ge 冯云 Yun Feng 李玉琴 Yuqing Li
Runtime90min
Updated2026-08-02
Also known as铁蛋儿的情歌

Synopsis

In his second feature, director/co-writer Hao pays rousing tribute to 'Er-ren-tai', a form of saucy musical performance closely associated with Hao's home region in the north-west near the Mongolian border. This colourfully accessible slice of backwater ethnography follows hapless hero Tiedan (Feng Si) from joyous childhood through to a maturity notable for an eventfully unorthodox love-life. Taking their cue from the Er-ren-tai songs themselves, which express passionate feelings in bursts of hyper-stylised intensity, Hao and his Korean editor Baek Seung Hoon sock over short scenes packed with freewheeling incident and comedy.