Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Feb 19, 1998

1h 39m

★ 7.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Good Machine Films

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl Trailers

Cast

Wen Xiu

Li Xiaolu

Lao Jin

Lopsang

Li Chuanbei

Zheng Qian

Father

Lü Yue

Mother

Gao Jie

Sister

Li Zhizhi

Belt Man

Lü Zhong

Chen Li

Qiao Qian

Rider A

Jiang Cheng

Girl

Yang Xiaoyu

Rider B

Gu Xuejun

Holligan

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