The Beast

The film is based on the creation and birth of the northern Shaanxi folk song "The Beast" and tells the pure and tortuous love story between the protagonists Zhang Deyi and Ma Cuicui. Zhang Deyi, who drives the animals away, has great affection and righteousness for his brothers. Ma Cuicui, the daughter of Ma Guixiang, a down-and-out township official, is ingenious and virtuous. This pair of childhood sweethearts, on the Loess Plateau, swore to the blue sky and white clouds that they would "keep up with each other life and death" for the rest of their lives. The sweetness of first love soon mixed with the bitterness of reality. Ma Guixiang became a guarantor for a loan for his uncle who was doing business. Unexpectedly, his uncle disappeared from the world. Creditors came to threaten him. The door of prison was opened to Ma Guixiang, and even Cuicui's sister Ma Yanyan was affected. In order to save Cuicui's father, Ma Guixiang, Zhang Deyi took all the property his mother had packed into the box as capital and traveled day and night throughout Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. However, the gambler Kou Mingbao was seduced by Ai Youcai, the owner of the noodle factory, and stole Deyi's money bag and escaped. Helplessly, Zhang Deyi, with the support of Zhang Chong, the owner of the big car shop and the master of the camel team, once again set foot on the road of driving the spirits. However, misfortunes never come singly. The camel team encountered bandits Shali Fei and his group. Master Zhang Chong was killed. Zhang Deyi, who was seriously injured, was carried back to Yulan's house in the big cart shop by his brother Huwa to recuperate. The deadline for repaying the debt had expired... Ai Youcai's son Ai Wenbao helped Ma Cuicui's family repay the creditor's money. The desperate Ma Cuicui