The Story of Qiu Ju

Name: The Story of Qiu Ju
Director: Zhang Yimou
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1991-11-30
Duration: 6000000 s
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Gong Li, Liu Peiqi, Liuchun Yang

1991 1h 40m PG

Comedy, Drama

7.687%85%73%

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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.

Directed By

Zhang Yimou

Written By

Liu Heng

Studio

Youth Film Studio of Beijing Film Academy, Sil-Metropole Organisation

Cast of The Story of Qiu Ju