Love of literature, love of music, love of the opposite sex, survive amid the repressive rigors of a Maoist "re-education" camp in the lush green mountains, and open up the wider world to a local village girl. Mostly sweet; a hint of bitter in the years-later epilogue. Dai Sijie directs the adaptation of his own novel; with Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye. (2002) — Duncan Shepherd
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