The Story of Qiu Ju
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.
PG
HD
Comedy, Drama
1992
100 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Story of Qiu Ju
- Duration : 100 min
- Languages : Mandarin
- Writers : Yuan Bin Chen (writer of the the novella on which the film is based, "The Wan Family's Lawsuit"), Heng Liu
- Directors : Yimou Zhang min
- Imdb : 7.7 (3789 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.9 (2743 votes)
- Actors : Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Kesheng Lei
Movie Storyline
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.