A Girl from Hunan (1986)
- Original title
- 湘女萧萧
- Directed by
- Xie Fei
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young girl is married as a child bride into a rural Chinese family in the early 1900s. She grows up in a repressive household and eventually pursues a secret affair with a younger man.
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What happens
A Girl from Hunan (also known as Girl from Hunan) (Chinese: 湘女萧萧; pinyin: Xiāngnǚ xiāoxiāo) is a 1986 Chinese drama film directed by Xie Fei and U Lan. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, and was one of the first mainland Chinese films to be commercially screened in the United States. The film is based on a 1929 short-story, Xiao Xiao (or Hsiao Hsiao), by author Shen Congwen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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