The Story of Qiu Ju

(1992)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 168 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1992

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: China, Hong Kong

Director: Чжан Имоу

Cast: Гун Ли, Лю Пэй Ци, Liuchun Yang, Lei Kesheng, Ge Zhijun, Wanqing Zhu, Luowen Cui, Huiqin Yang, Jianfa Wang, Zi Lin

Plot

When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese society through the verite camera used in most scenes.