18th October 1994

The Story of Qiu Ju
(Qiu Ju da guan si)

Director: Yimou Zhang

China, Hong Kong, 1992

Run Time: 100 minutes, Certificate: ,
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Language: Mandarin

Synopsis:

Unavoidably postponed from last season, this winner of the prestigious Golden Lion at the 1992 Venice Film Festival is a visually stunning portrayal of a peasant woman who takes on the impenetrable Chinese legal system in order to obtain justice for her injured husband following a beating by his feudal employer.

Average score 7.1

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