The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) on Netflix
Qiu Ju, a pregnant peasant woman, wants an apology from Wang Shantang, the village head, who kicked her husband Qinglai in the groin. Ordered to pay, he refuses to apologize.
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Plot summary
Qiu Ju is a peasant woman in rural China, in the final months of her pregnancy, living with her husband Qinglai in a farming village. When a conversation between Qinglai and Wang Shantang, who heads the village, goes wrong, Wang Shantang kicks Qinglai in the groin hard enough that he needs a doctor and misses work. Qiu Ju takes her complaint to the local police office, and the officer there rules that the village head must pay Qinglai 200 yuan. Wang Shantang throws the notes on the ground and refuses to apologize. Accompanied by Meizi, her husband's younger sister, Qiu Ju travels to the provincial capital to press her case with higher officials.
Cast
- Liuchun Yangas Meizi, Qinglai's sister
- Wanqing Zhu
- Luowen Cui
- Huiqin Yang
- Jianfa Wang
- Zi Lin
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
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- Many of the city street scenes were shot with a hidden camera, so the footage doubles as a documentary record of ordinary life in China during the Deng Xiaoping era.
