A Tale of Two Donkeys(Zou zhe qiao)
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China · 2009
1h 38m
Director Dawei Li
Starring Wen Zhang, Bai Jing, Hong Yue
Genre Drama, Comedy
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An involving, beautifully modulated yarn about a young intellectual's "war" with two equines in a mountain village during the Cultural Revolution. A young student, Ma Jie, who is sent to a tiny Beigao village in Shanxi Province and has the mundane task of watching over livestock during the Great Cultural Revolution. Surrounded only by the extreme boredom, he initiates a war against two donkeys. What ensues as a result, is an impressive feature debut by director Li Dawei who manages to infuse a believable quirky and black humorous universe within a realistically grim setting.
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