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Drama
Fugui is the father of a once-wealthy family whose addiction to gambling and chronic bad luck causes him to lose his home in a game of dice with Long'er. Fugui's wife abandons him, and he finds himself working as a peddler, until the man who now owns his home gives him a pair of shadow puppets. Fugui learns the art of puppetry and travels as a performer; while on the road, he is arrested by Nationalist forces, until he is liberated by ... [+]
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September 22, 2005
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Yimou toma buena nota de los clásicos del cine indio (el final está claramente inspirado en los de la trilogía de Apu, de Ray) y traslada sus duros dramas a la china rural comunista. No se trata de una copia, sino de una adaptación casi a la altura del modelo.