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The Story of Qiu Ju

Qiu Ju da guan si (1992)

Comedy, Drama | China, Hong Kong

Director: Yimou Zhang

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Rating: 7.6/10

User rating: 7/10
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SYNOPSIS

A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese society through the verite camera used in most scenes.

Actors

Writer: Yuan Bin Chen, Heng Liu

Producer: Yiting Feng, Fung Kwok Ma

RUNTIME: 100 min

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