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Return to Dust

The humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. To survive, they have to come together and build a home for themselves.

Director

Ruijun Li

Year

Genre

Box Office

$22,692

Production

N/A

Awards

12 wins & 13 nominations total

Ma Youtie

Cao Guiying

Zhang Yongfu's Son

Ma Youtong

Sister-in-Law

Ma Youtong's Eldest Son

Ma Youtong's Second Son

Brother Guiying

Guiying's Sister-in-Law

Ma Hongmei

Village Chief

Clothes Stall Owner

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RETURN TO DUST - Return to Dust

Fourth Brother,
why haven't you come in? - Return to Dust

Fourth Brother, why haven't you come in?

Here, wear your brother's new jacket. - Return to Dust

Here, wear your brother's new jacket.

I should've invited your husband
to come for some food and a chat. - Return to Dust

I should've invited your husband to come for some food ...

How did that miserable
donkey get into the yard again? - Return to Dust

How did that miserable donkey get into the yard again?

I keep feeding it, but it's never full! - Return to Dust

I keep feeding it, but it's never full!

I should beat it to death
for causing so much trouble! - Return to Dust

I should beat it to death for causing so much trouble!

That's right, you remembered. - Return to Dust

That's right, you remembered.

I feel Guiying and Fourth Brother
are well-matched. - Return to Dust

I feel Guiying and Fourth Brother are well-matched.

His Third Brother has
found them a house to live in. - Return to Dust

His Third Brother has found them a house to live in.

If you think so, we agree. - Return to Dust

If you think so, we agree.

Ma Hongmei, take this 200 Yuan first. - Return to Dust

Ma Hongmei, take this 200 Yuan first.

Young people these days
don't like to live with older people. - Return to Dust

Young people these days don't like to live with older p...

If she agrees to marry in the spring? - Return to Dust

If she agrees to marry in the spring?

Anyhow, her brother and sister-in-law
can't wait to be rid of her. - Return to Dust

Anyhow, her brother and sister-in-law can't wait to be ...

Don't worry, Fourth Brother
and Guiying will get married. - Return to Dust

Don't worry, Fourth Brother and Guiying will get marrie...

We've come today to burn
some paper money for you. - Return to Dust

We've come today to burn some paper money for you.

He should pay us land rent
and wages today. - Return to Dust

He should pay us land rent and wages today.

But the issue now
is that he's sick in hospital. - Return to Dust

But the issue now is that he's sick in hospital.

He has a rare blood-type,
in short supply. - Return to Dust

He has a rare blood-type, in short supply.

For this year, take back your own land
and cultivate it yourselves. - Return to Dust

For this year, take back your own land and cultivate it your...

Right now the only villager
with 'panda' blood is 'Iron' Ma. - Return to Dust

Right now the only villager with 'panda' blood is ...

He's not a national treasure,
just a panda. - Return to Dust

He's not a national treasure, just a panda.

Not a panda, just 'panda' blood. - Return to Dust

Not a panda, just 'panda' blood.

If you want to give blood, go ahead. - Return to Dust

If you want to give blood, go ahead.

I'll call a friend who
works in the hospital. - Return to Dust

I'll call a friend who works in the hospital.

I will drive you...
into town, to our place, to give blood. - Return to Dust

I will drive you... into town, to our place, to give blood.

Not at the hospital, okay? - Return to Dust

Not at the hospital, okay?

Eat, have something first. - Return to Dust

Eat, have something first.

No transmissible disease
in the blood, it's fine. - Return to Dust

No transmissible disease in the blood, it's fine.

Now you can eat
something, but not too much. - Return to Dust

Now you can eat something, but not too much.

- I'll settle the account.
- Okay. - Return to Dust

- I'll settle the account. - Okay.

You gave your 'panda'
blood to Zhang Yongfu. - Return to Dust

You gave your 'panda' blood to Zhang Yongfu.

Why don't you ask him to
buy you seeds and fertilizer... - Return to Dust

Why don't you ask him to buy you seeds and fertilizer.....

He didn't even give
you a wedding reception! - Return to Dust

He didn't even give you a wedding reception!

That's enough of your banter. - Return to Dust

That's enough of your banter.

When you urged him to get booze
did you see how scared she looked? - Return to Dust

When you urged him to get booze did you see how scared she l...

It's to carry your
nephew's wedding furniture - Return to Dust

It's to carry your nephew's wedding furniture

I hired a car but some pieces
won't fit in. - Return to Dust

I hired a car but some pieces won't fit in.

No, go to bed early. - Return to Dust

No, go to bed early.

Here, have it while it's hot. - Return to Dust

Here, have it while it's hot.

Your hand is so deft. - Return to Dust

Your hand is so deft.

Just leave it to cool before you eat it. - Return to Dust

Just leave it to cool before you eat it.

Have that with the buns. - Return to Dust

Have that with the buns.

It'll be night before I'm back. - Return to Dust

It'll be night before I'm back.

Take the buns out of
the steamer when they're done. - Return to Dust

Take the buns out of the steamer when they're done.

Don't go, you can have it for 300. - Return to Dust

Don't go, you can have it for 300.

Careful! Mind the sofa legs. - Return to Dust

Careful! Mind the sofa legs.

The hot water in the jar - Return to Dust

The hot water in the jar

Then they'd dive into the water - Return to Dust

Then they'd dive into the water

This is where they wash
their clothes and food. - Return to Dust

This is where they wash their clothes and food.

So even washing their food
becomes impossible. - Return to Dust

So even washing their food becomes impossible.

When they wash fish
and empty a bucket like this - Return to Dust

When they wash fish and empty a bucket like this

The government wants to
improve the living environment. - Return to Dust

The government wants to improve the living environment.

Demolition of vacant old houses. - Return to Dust

Demolition of vacant old houses.

They've been away for 5 or 6 years. - Return to Dust

They've been away for 5 or 6 years.

Apparently they all went
to work in the South... - Return to Dust

Apparently they all went to work in the South...

You wretched thing!
Why did you pee on the stool? - Return to Dust

You wretched thing! Why did you pee on the stool?

A swallow's nest. - Return to Dust

A swallow's nest.

Well, it won't find its old
nest this year. - Return to Dust

Well, it won't find its old nest this year.

Up a tiny bit. - Return to Dust

By the time of wheat harvest
the hens might start laying. - Return to Dust

By the time of wheat harvest the hens might start laying.

It can be fertilizer for the other shoots. - Return to Dust

It can be fertilizer for the other shoots.

The chicks are hatching. - Return to Dust

The chicks are hatching.

So they take the first person they see
as their mother. - Return to Dust

So they take the first person they see as their mother.

No trouble for you to
look after them in the future. - Return to Dust

No trouble for you to look after them in the future.

Don't help it.
Let it stand on its own feet. - Return to Dust

Don't help it. Let it stand on its own feet.

Wait a bit while I finish
moulding these bricks. - Return to Dust

Wait a bit while I finish moulding these bricks.

I need to mold the mud first. - Return to Dust

I need to mold the mud first.

Don't go! Don't ever go again. - Return to Dust

Don't go! Don't ever go again.

That's why we need
to keep bothering you. - Return to Dust

That's why we need to keep bothering you.

Whether you're rich and powerful - Return to Dust

Whether you're rich and powerful

We'll feed it one
less cob in the autumn. - Return to Dust

We'll feed it one less cob in the autumn.

If I ride on the cart,
my weight could be - Return to Dust

If I ride on the cart, my weight could be

I am just giving you an example.
She lives better than any of us. - Return to Dust

I am just giving you an example. She lives better than any o...

Have a good rest tomorrow. - Return to Dust

Have a good rest tomorrow.

Slow down, don't fall over!
It's pitch-black out here. - Return to Dust

Slow down, don't fall over! It's pitch-black out h...

Don't cry.
It's just a few bags. - Return to Dust

Don't cry. It's just a few bags.

Go back inside, you'll
catch cold in this rain. - Return to Dust

Go back inside, you'll catch cold in this rain.

You're crying with laughter! - Return to Dust

You're crying with laughter!

I used to live in a shed
in my brother's backyard. - Return to Dust

I used to live in a shed in my brother's backyard.

I'm used to strong wind and rain. - Return to Dust

I'm used to strong wind and rain.

Doesn't need to graze,
not bossed around. - Return to Dust

Doesn't need to graze, not bossed around.

That day you kept staring at me. - Return to Dust

That day you kept staring at me.

The old men and women at the bridge... - Return to Dust

The old men and women at the bridge...

Tie you to my belt. - Return to Dust

Tie you to my belt.

In case you roll
off the roof in the night. - Return to Dust

In case you roll off the roof in the night.

Go on. I'll give you a shout
when the grinding is done. - Return to Dust

Go on. I'll give you a shout when the grinding is done.

Yaoting, Yaoting, come
and sing along with me. - Return to Dust

Yaoting, Yaoting, come and sing along with me.

Yes, that's the way. - Return to Dust

Yes, that's the way.

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The humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. To survive, they have to come together and build a home for themselves.

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Director: Ruijun Li

Writer: Ruijun Li

Production: N/A

Genre: drama

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: $22,692

Released: 08 Jul 2022

Awards: 12 wins & 13 nominations total

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