Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

China / Hong Kong / USA, 1998, 99 min

Directed by:

Joan Chen

Based on:

Geling Yan (book)

Screenplay:

Joan Chen, Geling Yan

Cinematography:

Yue Lü, Michael Chin

Composer:

Johnny Chen
(more professions)

Plots(1)

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding. (Abramorama Films)

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