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Xiu Xiu

6.7

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Original title

Tian yu (Xiu Xiu)

Year

1998

Running time

99 min.

Country

China

Director

Joan Chen

Screenwriter

Yan Geling, Joan Chen. Novel: Yan Geling

Cast

Music

Johnny Chen

Cinematography

Lu Yue

Producer

Co-production China-United States-Hong Kong;

Good Machine, Whispering Steppes

Genre

Drama | Chinese Cultural Revolution. 1970s

Synopsis

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 the country side was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later she's sent even further to the more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding. There Xiu Xiu falls in love with a man who promises to talk to an official and get her back home.

Rankings Position

#57 Best Hong Kong Movies of all time
#60 Best Chinese Movies of all time

Awards: 1998: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

1999: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best First Feature

1999: National Board of Review (NBR): Special Achievement Award.

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Critics' reviews

"A chamber yarn of lost innocence during the Cultural Revolution that packs a surprising punch under its naive, almost abstract telling"

Derek Elley: Variety

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Xiu Xiu

1998

Joan Chen

6.7

(586)