Story of Qiu Ju, The (1992)
蓖林 捞具扁
Also Known As: Qiu Ju Goes to Court, Qiu Ju da guan si
蓖林 捞具扁
Also Known As: Qiu Ju Goes to Court, Qiu Ju da guan si
Starring: | Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang |
Director: | Yimou Zhang |
Genre: | Drama |
Production: | Sil-Metropole Organization, Youth Film Studio of Beijing Film Academy |
Language: | Mandarin |
Country: | China |
About Story of Qiu Ju, The
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.