Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

7.2(43 votes)
1998
1h 39m
Drama

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.

Production

Good Machine Films

Cast

Li Xiaolu

Li Xiaolu

Wen Xiu

Lopsang

Lopsang

Lao Jin

Zheng Qian

Zheng Qian

Li Chuanbei

Lü Yue

Lü Yue

Father

Gao Jie

Gao Jie

Mother

Li Zhizhi

Li Zhizhi

Sister

Lü Zhong

Lü Zhong

Belt Man

Qiao Qian

Qiao Qian

Chen Li

Jiang Cheng

Jiang Cheng

Rider A

Yang Xiaoyu

Yang Xiaoyu

Girl

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