Out of Phoenix Bridge (1997)
- Original title
- 回到凤凰桥
- Directed by
- Hong Li
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A filmmaker spends months in a cramped Beijing room with four young women from a Hunan village who work as housemaids. The documentary records their daily lives, struggles, and hopes in the city.
intimateobservationalearnestslow-pacedrawgroundedquietcontemplativereflective
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