By Xie Fei
1988 | 110 min | Drama
Xiao Xiao, a privileged young girl, is sold by her debt-ridden parents to be the wife of a two-year old boy in early 20th-century, rural China. Her old ways of independence soon come under jeopardy due to the new clan’s strict hierarchy and patriarchal customs.
By Xie Fei
1990 | 107 min | Drama
A man returns to his native Beijing after serving in a labor camp, to find that he has no family or prospects or friends. He tries to make a living, but his old underworld contacts drag him back into a life of crime.
By Xie Fei
1993 | 105 min | Drama
If money can't buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Her husband is lazy and drinks; her son is blood simple. When Japanese investors provide capital to expand Xiang's business, she has the wealth to raise her social standing and buy a wife for her son, Dunzi. When money and a forceful personality fail to bend others to her will, including daughter-in-law Huanhuan, Xiang must find another way to tranquillity.