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Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Golden Bear 1988 · Winner
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Golden Bear 1988 · Winner
Young Jiu'er (Gong Li) is sent by her parents to marry an old leper who owns a distillery. As she is being carried over the sorghum fields, bandits attack and she is rescued by a laborer (Wen Jiang), with whom she has a son -- the narrator. After the old leper dies, Jiu'er takes control of the distillery and invites the workers into a collective...