You can see through this movie, as simple as it's compilation may appear, Gong Li excels in her portrayal of a stubborn march of mellow innocence towards the pursuit of justice and why even till today, she's still highly regarded as the movie queen that she is and so widely deserves. An accurate insight into how rural China communism operates during thie golden years Mao. One will however observe there's a certain relaxation of dictatorial rule that permeates the system where complaints are handled and processed through a simple word of conveyance to a village official before escalation to the next higher authority, a surprising far detour from the usual expected fearful tolerance of citizenry governed by most military, vis-a- viz, as would those in Nazi oppressionn.
Review of The Story of Qiu Ju
