my main problem with the film be that it go on too long . other then that and it pretty good . paul muni play a poor chinese farmer who be about to get marry through an arranged marriage . luise rainer be a servant girl who get marry to muni . they live with muni father on a farm and they be do pretty bad . when he finally get some money to buy some more land and a drought hit and nothing be grow . everybody star to head north by muni stay behind at first . when they leave and arrive at town they find that their be no job and they be bad off than before . they even think about sell their young daughter a a slave for some money but decide against it . when a bunch of people start loot the town and the military show up and start execute people . paul muni do a good job and luise rainer win a second oscar for this movie .