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Director:
Writers:
Yuan Bin Chen (writer of the the novella on which the film is based, "The Wan Family's Lawsuit")
Heng Liu (writer)
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Release Date:
16 kwiecieñ 1993 (USA) more
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Plot:
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice... more | add synopsis
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12 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A film that stays with you long after the final shot more (21 total)

Cast

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Li Gong ... Qiu Ju
Peiqi Liu ... Wan Qinglai, chili farmer
Liuchun Yang ... Meizi, Qinglai's sister
Kesheng Lei ... Wang Shantang, village chief
Zhijun Ge ... Officer Li
Wanqing Zhu
Luowen Cui
Huiqin Yang
Jianfa Wang
Zi Lin
Jun Ye
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Qiu Ju Goes to Court
The Story of Qiu Ju
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Runtime:
Spain:100 min | UK:100 min | USA:101 min (video version)
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Lawyer Wu: [subtitles] Qiu Ju, in civil and administrative lawsuits, the defendants aren't necessarily bad people.
Qiu Ju: Do good people sue each other?
Lawyer Wu: Of course!
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Referenced in Yi ge dou bu neng shao (1999) more

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14 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
A film that stays with you long after the final shot, 14 luty 2004
9/10
Author: Junker-2 from Wisconsin

Zhang Yimou's "The Story of Qiu Ju" is not a masterpiece as is his film "Raise the Red Lantern." It doesn't have the epic qualities of "To Live" nor is it as visually stunning as "The Road Home." But "Qiu Ju" may well be Yimou's most thought provoking film, leaving you pondering the messages a long time after the film has ended.

Qiu Ju's husband has been kicked ("where it counts") by the village chief. The only bit of justice Qiu Ju wants is an apology. It seems to be a simple enough request, but her search for the apology proves to be elusive as she encounters a legal system more interested in its own red tape than in the needs of ordinary people.

But this is not "Erin Brockovich" where the sides of "good" and "bad" are easily defined. The people in the legal system Qiu Ju encounters are genuinely decent folks. They are also, unfortunately, a bit clueless. And Qiu Ju is not beyond reproach herself. At the conclusion of the film even she is realizing that she has pushed the matter too far.

Just how far should one go to seek justice in this world? Even if you are totally in the right, does there come a time when you must let the matter rest for your own sake as well as everybody else's? There are no easy answers.

This is another great performance by Gong Li in the title role. She may be one of the most beautiful women in the world, but here she is not above playing "dowdy." And as usual, Zhang Yimou is nearly flawless in his direction. He gives a wonderful tip of the hat to the late French director Francois Truffaut in the end, echoing that famous final shot of Truffaut's "The 400 Blows."

But this is a film that will stick with you well past that last shot.

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