Language:
Chinese
Pages:
1 online resource (64 min.).
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013415
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
Series Statement:
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Keywords:
Feature films.
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Foreign films
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Manners and customs Drama.
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Marriage Drama.
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Motion pictures
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Women Drama.
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China Drama.
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United Kingdom
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Feature films.
Abstract:
In 1900 a twelve-year-old girl, Xiaoxiao, comes to a mountain village to discover that her uncle has arranged a marriage with a boy who is still breast-fed at two. Strict clan rules govern all behaviors, and she becomes her husband's nanny (he must call her sister until he is old enough to marry her). In one scene, the villagers are discussing a group of schoolgirls who are allowed to marry whomever they want, and who enjoy reading and a degree of freedom that Xiaoxiao longs for. Huagou, a local peasant, takes notice of Xiaoxiao, now sixteen and taking good care of six-year-old Chunguan, and a love affair begins with terrifying consequences. She knows the feudal values her community clings to, and watches them strip and drown a young widow who has been unfaithful to her husband. That woman's lover lives, albeit with broken legs. And what will happen to her?
Note:
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
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Recorded in Hunan.
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Previously released as DVD.
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This edition in Mandarin.
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