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 ...

The seven films that Zhang made with Gong Li (Red Sorghum, The Puma Action, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, The Story of Qiu Ju, To Live, and Shanghai Triad) a decade ago were the fruits of a ...