A young woman is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains.
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- 3 wins & 3 nominations.
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Cast
| Lu Huang | ... |
Bai Xuemei
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Youan Yang | ... |
Huang Degui
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Yuling Zhang | ... |
Ding Xiuying
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Yunle He | ... |
Huang Decheng
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Yingao Jia | ... |
Huang Changyi
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Youping Zhang | ... |
Li Qingshan
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Ai Chen | ... |
Chen Chunli
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Hui Huang | ... |
Hu Xiaoxiao
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Yang Li | ... |
Wu Maoxiang
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Wenguang Zhu | ... |
Police Officer Zhu
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Yang Fan | ... |
Police Officer Sun
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Zhishun Yuan | ... |
Bai Yanfeng
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Xiaoli Zou | ... |
Village Chief
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Yi Quan | ... |
Huang Jianshe
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Li Dai | ... |
Huang Jiaxing
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Feng Liu | ... |
Er Hu
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Tao Song | ... |
Carrier
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Xiaoli Tang | ... |
Zheng Xiaolan
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Biyan Tang | ... |
Gui Hua
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Xiaoyong Yang | ... |
Police Officer A
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Lin Yang | ... |
Bus Driver
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Wenhu Qin | ... |
Driver
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Xiaoli Liu | ... |
Doctor A
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Yong Zhao | ... |
Doctor B
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Directed by
| Yang Li | ||
Written by
| Yang Li | ... | () |
Produced by
| Fang Li | ... | associate producer (as Li Fang) |
| Hua Li | ... | executive producer |
| Shan Li | ... | executive producer |
| Yang Li | ... | producer |
| Wei Lu | ... | associate producer |
| Alexandra Sun | ... | executive producer |
Cinematography by
| Jong Lin | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Yang Li | ||
| Mary Stephen | ||
Art Direction by
| Yang Shu | ||
Makeup Department
| Xiaoqiao Liu | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Bin Li | ... | production manager |
| Hua Li | ... | production manager |
| Baofeng Shi | ... | post-production manager |
| Lin Yang | ... | executive director |
| Xiaoyong Yang | ... | assistant production manager |
| Xiaoqian Zou | ... | production manager |
Art Department
| Li Dai | ... | property master |
| Yi Quan | ... | standby prop |
| Yang Shu | ... | art designer |
| Junfeng Wang | ... | standby prop |
Sound Department
| Sona Balam | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Wei Deng | ... | foley |
| Xu Dong | ... | sound recordist |
| Peigen Li | ... | boom operator |
| Jia Liu | ... | mixing engineer |
| Yuwei Shun | ... | sound assistant |
| Shuo Song | ... | mixing engineer |
| Changyong Sun | ... | sound engineer |
| Feng Wang | ... | special sound editor |
| Yujia Zhai | ... | assistant editor |
| Jia Zhang | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Guifeng Cao | ... | gaffer |
| Shuifeng Cao | ... | best boy electrician |
| Zijun Cao | ... | best boy electrician |
| Jie Fu | ... | focus puller |
| Li Hai | ... | still photographer |
| Bin Li | ... | assistant camera |
| Pangen Liu | ... | best boy electrician |
| Meng Ma | ... | grip |
| Ke Wang | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Yi Liu | ... | costume artist |
| Yaqin Yu | ... | wardrobe |
Script and Continuity Department
| Ai Chen | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Lu Cao | ... | production assistant |
| Jie Du | ... | production assistant |
| Bruno Gensburger | ... | French subtitles |
| Feng Liu | ... | production assistant |
| Jingzhi Liu | ... | production coordinator |
| Jun Liu | ... | production assistant |
| Jonathan Noble | ... | English subtitles |
| Sheng Su | ... | director: documentary |
| Yuejie Yang | ... | production coordinator |
| Weimin Zu | ... | director: documentary |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Kino International (2008) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Cinemax (2011) (Hungary) (tv)
- Great Movies Distribution (2020) (Brazil) (video)
- Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
- Spectrum Films (2014) (France) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
China, the 1990s. In villages where female babies are drowned, there are few young women to marry the men and bear more sons. Families buy wives - girls lured from the city. Bai finishes college and accepts a job in a remote mountain village harvesting herbs. It's a ruse: she's sold to a peasant family. She's indignant; the parents hold her so the son can rape her. She tries to run away; she's beaten. Other women kidnapped a few years before, now with children, tell her to comply. She continues to try to escape. She writes to her father, smuggling letters to the mailman. She obtains a bit of money. The village is without pity, except for the teacher. Can he help her? Anger mounts.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | (Director Cameo) Yang Li: The recruiter at the beginning of the film is impersonated by Li Yang. See more » |