880-01 Tian yu [videorecording] : Xiu Xiu, the sent down girl / a Stratosphere Entertainment release ; Whispering Steppes L.P. presents ; producers, Joan Chen, Alice Chan ; screenplay, Yan Ge-Ling, Joan Chen ; directed by Joan Chen.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Based on the novella: Tian yu / by Yan Geling. Dolby digital surround. Li Xiaolu, Lopsang.
Summary:
A teen-aged girl named Xiu Xiu is sent to a remote corner of Tibet for manual labor in 1975 where she discovers that she is unlikely to ever see her home again without a wealthy sponsor. A year later, she agrees to go to an even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp to learn horse herding. Soon her world becomes a cage where patrons promise her escape in exchange for her sexual compromise.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56770101
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
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