The winner of the 2006 Golden Bear -- the top prize at the prestigious Berlin Festival -- this small, sweet drama from Chinese director Wang Quang An is picturesque, romantic and unexpectedly droll tale of life in one the world's most remote regions.
Tuya (Yu Nan), her husband Bater (Bater) and their children, Zhaya (Mengke Zhaya) and his little sister, Baorao (Ting Ting), are sheepherders who live on the vast, dry grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Even though she's married, Tuya does all of the hare work around the farm: Three years earlier while digging a well, Batoer was badly injured and he is now unable to do much more than care for the children. Now Tuya ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins