2 Movies Starring Kesheng Lei

The Story of Qiu Ju

The Story of Qiu Ju

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-04-16

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China, Hong Kong

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3789 Reviews)

Director:

Yimou Zhang

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Yuan Bin Chen (writer of the the novella on which the film is based

"The Wan Family's Lawsuit")

Heng Liu

Fullplot:

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.

Bei kao bei, lian dui lian

Bei kao bei, lian dui lian

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-10-01

Countries:

China, Hong Kong

Runtime:

138 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (85 Reviews)

Director:

Jianxin Huang

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jianxin Huang

Xinglong Liu (novel)

Shun Yian

Fullplot:

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director. At home, Wang has problems because his father wants Wang to have a son to carry on the family name. However, because of the one-child policy, Wang cannot have any more children unless his young daughter is certified infirm.

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