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Wenxiu, nicknamed Xiu Xiu, a 15-year-old girl living in the city of Chengdu, is sent out to study horses in the countryside with a nomadic Tibetan. She is told that after six months, she will return to take charge of her all-girl cavalry unit.
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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- Joan Chen
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- Xiaolu Li, Lopsang, Zheng Qian
During the Cultural Revolution in China, Mao Zadong's regime sends countless adolescents, including a bright young girl named Xiu Xiu (Lu Lu), to rural lands in order to participate in...
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- Joan Chen
- R
- Xiaolu Li
Lu Lu as Xiu Xiu, a city girl forced to herd horses in the countryside. A major goal was to eradicate lingering class distinctions by forcing everyone to join the proletarian labor force. The...
As a teenager Xiu Xiu is pulled from school and "sent down" to the remote countryside of Tibet to learn horsetrading and perform manual labor. Falsely promised the chance to lead her own female cavalry unit, Xiu Xiu learns that she has been lied to by her teacher Lao Jin and soon fears that she...
- Joan Chen
- Lu Lu Lee
Mar 3, 1998 · Xiu Xiu:the Sent-Down Girl. (Mandarin dialogue) Achamber yarn of lost innocence during the Cultural Revolution that packs a surprising punch under its naive, almost abstract telling,...
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Sep 13, 2004 · Director Joan Chen's debut explores the story of Xiu Xiu (Lu Lu), a 15-year-old girl taken by soldiers during Mainland China's Cultural Revolution in the mid-1970s, when it was mandatory that all in society be assigned a predetermined and inflexible role in order to rebuild a fundamental economy.
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