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1998 • 1h 39min • R • Drama

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

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.

IMDb 7.5

RT 96%

Director

Joan Chen

Writers

Yan Geling

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Li Xiaolu

Wen Xiu

Lopsang

Lao Jin

Zheng Qian

Li Chuanbei

Lü Yue

Father

Gao Jie

Mother

Li Zhizhi

Sister

Lü Zhong

Belt Man

Qiao Qian

Chen Li

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