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April 1991 (USA) morePlot:
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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The achievement of China (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 26 August 2008, 10:19 PM, PDT)
Zhang Yimou's gold medal
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 11 August 2008, 2:30 PM, PDT)
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Chinese patriarchal madness moreCast
(Credited cast) | Ma Chong | ||
| Zhijun Cong | ||
| Wu Fa | ||
| Li Gong | ... | Ju Dou |
| Jia Jin | ||
| Baotian Li | ... | Yang Tian-qing |
| Wei Li | ... | Yang Jin-shan |
| Xingli Niu | ||
| Yang Qianbin | ||
| Zhang Yi | ... | Tianbai as child |
| Jia Zhaoji | ||
| Ji-an Zheng | ... | Yang Tian-bai as a Youth |
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Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Peru:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13FAQ
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Gong Li is just about one of the most beautiful actresses in the world today. It is hard to believe that she has been acting for 20 years.
This is one of her earlier works, and it is an excellent example of her talent. It is also one of the early films for Yimou Zhang, who also directed Gong Li in Curse of the Golden Flower. He shows the promise of a great director in this film.
There is not much that is pleasant her. Ju Dou (Gong Li) is bought by an evil man who has beaten two wives to death for not bearing him a son. She is beaten mercilessly and he has constant sex with her to have a son.
The problem is not his wives, but him, and she has a son secretly with his nephew (Baotian Li). It saves her life, but matters continue to get more and more complicated until the final tragedy.
One of the really interesting features of the film is the Chinese funeral ritual.
The film is a great example of the early work of two great talents, but do not think that early means weak, as they were bother strong from the beginning.