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Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Name: Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Director: Joan Chen
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-02-19
Cast: Li Xiaolu, Lopsang, Zheng Qian, Lü Yue, Gao Jie

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.

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Cast

Li XiaoluLopsangZheng QianLü YueGao JieLi ZhizhiLü ZhongQiao QianJiang ChengYang XiaoyuGu XuejunHuri

Director

Joan Chen

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