Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Movie · 1h 39m

Starring Li Xiaolu, Lopsang, Zheng Qian, Lü Yue

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.