Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)1h39
Drama
Director Joan Chen
Also directed Autumn in New York, Hero, The Iron Hammer, and 1 more
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 there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
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Cast
Li Xiaolu
Lopsang
Zheng Qian
Lü Yue- Gao Jie
- Li Zhizhi
Lü Zhong- Qiao Qian
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