Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

Synopsis

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 Xiaolu as Wen Xiu
• Lopsang as Lao Jin
• Zheng Qian as Li Chuanbei
• Lü Yue as Father
• Gao Jie as Mother
• Li Zhizhi as Sister
• Lü Zhong as Belt Man
• Qiao Qian as Chen Li
• Jiang Cheng as Rider A
• Yang Xiaoyu as Girl

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