The outraged pregnant wife (Gong Li) of an injured Chinese peasant appeals to the highest courts in the land to force a village elder to apologize for injuring her husband. The Story Of Qiu Ju was a hit at film festivals and won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1992.
Qiu Ju takes it personally when the local chief kicks her husband in the groin over a planning dispute, triggering her quietly fenacious quest for justice, told in almost documentary style. Her mission sheds light on the tangled mess of China's legal system, and the huge gap between life in the cities and rural areas.
Qiu Ju takes it personally when the local chief kicks her husband in the groin over a planning dispute, triggering her quietly fenacious quest for justice, told in almost documentary style. Her mission sheds light on the tangled mess of China's legal system, and the huge gap between life in the cities and rural areas.