Released Date:
1993-04-16
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
China, Hong Kong
Runtime:
100 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (3789 Reviews)
Director:
Yimou ZhangYuan Bin Chen (writer of the the novella on which the film is based
"The Wan Family's Lawsuit")
Heng Liu
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.
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