Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
by Joan Chen

Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
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Actor: Jie Gao, Lopsang, Lu Lu, Qianqian Li, Zheng Qian
Director: Joan Chen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.66:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-10-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Image Entertainment

Movie Reviews of Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

Movie Review: Painful, but so is life
Summary: 5 Stars

I love this movie as it does not sugarcoat anything. China during the Cultural Revolution was brutal, most brutal, and Mao himself raped young virgins on a regular basis (read the biography of his doctor, it is most shocking). So, this is only a tiny part of how it must have been for some.
The best movies, I believe, do not have a happy ending, and shouldn't, as such is life. Life is painful, brutal, and harsh. It is mostly not pretty. And a movie should leave you thinking and feeling something drastic, otherwise, you might just as well be dead inside.

Summary of Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

Directed by Joan Chen from an award-winning novella banned in China because of political and sexual content, "Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl" is a powerful love story. Between 1967 and 1976, nearly 8 million Chinese youths were "sent down" for specialized training to the remotest corners of the country. Before being sent down, the young and beautiful Xiu Xiu dreams of becoming a horse trainer in the wide open plains of Tibet, far away from her busy city home. Her journey begins in a training camp in the isolated plains with a solitary and mysterious man. Slowly, Xiu Xiu discovers that she is unlikely to ever see her home again without a wealthy sponsor. Her world becomes a horrifying cage, where "patrons" promise her escape in exchange for her sexual compromise. This is one girl's story and a compassionate deed that inspired one special man and everyone who hears her tale.

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