A GIRL FROM HUNAN

LOG LINE

Xiao Xiao, a young girl living in a rural area of Southern China, fights against the old conventions by chasing bravely her own love and fate.

SYNOPSIS

The heartbreaking tale of a young girl sold into an arranged marriage with a 2-year-old boy whom she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected to honour tradition and to toe the line so far as social proprieties are concerned, but the young girl rebels against the edicts of her elders until she falls in love with another man at the age of 16…

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

XIE Fei (b. 1942 China) is one of the greatest Chinese directors of the 4th generation. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy of China then was hired there as a professor, later appointed as Chair of the Directing Department and Vice-President. Several of his films have been distributed in the west and won both domestic and foreign festival awards, including the Golden Bear in Berlin in 1993. He now works and lives in Beijing where he is still teaching as art consultant at BFA.

His directorial style is introspective, insightful and quietly immersive. He takes viewers on slow, intensely personal journeys into the lives and loves of ordinary people – some lonely and filled with unspoken yearnings and naive hopes as they toil against the relentless confines of their everyday existence and others resonating with the unflagging strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

“The best films are not just about unique individuals, they are metaphors for the society and time in which they are made.” – XIE Fei

GENRE

Drama | Classic | Social issues

PRODUCTION COMPANY

BEIJING FILM ACADEMY

DIRECTOR

XIE Fei

CAST

NARIHUA
DENG Xiaoguang

KEY CREW

Producer:XING Zheng, DONG Yaping
Script: ZHANG Xian
Cinematography: FU Shengjing
Music: YE Xiaogang
Sound Director: ZHAI Ming
Editor: ZHANG Lanhong

SELECTED FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Don Quixote Award
San Sebastian Film Festival
Spain/1988