Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Feb 19 1998
•2h 39m
•Drama
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.
Cast
See allLi Xiaolu
Wen Xiu
Lopsang
Lao Jin
Zheng Qian
Li Chuanbei
Lü Yue
Father
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