Released Date:
2002-10-09
Languages:
Mandarin, French
Countries:
France, China
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (3678 Reviews)
Director:
Sijie DaiSijie Dai (novel)
Sijie Dai (screenplay)
Nadine Perront
In 1971 China, in the lingering grip of the cultural revolution, two university students, Luo and Ma, are sent to a mountain mining village as part of their reeducation duty to purge them of their classical western oriented education. Amid the backbreaking work and stifling ignorance of the community, the two boys find that music, and the presence of the beautiful local young women are the only pleasant things in their miserable life. However, none compare to the young seamstress granddaughter of the local tailor. Stealing a departing student's secret cache of forbidden books of classic western literature such as the works of Honore de Balzac, they set about to woo her and teach her things she had never imagined. In doing so, they start a journey that would profoundly change her perspective on her world and teach the boys about the power of literature and their own ability to change their world in truly revolutionary ways.
Released Date:
2005-11-10
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
China, Germany, Hong Kong
Runtime:
92 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (1779 Reviews)
Director:
Yang LiTwo Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers, make the death look like an accident, and extort money from the boss to keep the incident hushed up. For their latest "mark," they choose a naive teenager from a small village, and as they prepare to carry out their newest plan, things start to get complicated...
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