Product DescriptionBreath-taking, funny, erotic and altogether bewitching!" - ELLE MAGAZINE "A jewel of a movie!" - WASHINGTON POST "Sweet, funny, sad and profound!"- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Exquisite! A love song to great literature."- LOS ANGELES TIMES Based on the best-selling novel set during China's cultural revolution, this acclaimed film is about two young men, university students, who are sent to a remote mountain village for a Maoist re-education, to purge them of their decadent Western education. Amid the back-breaking work and stifling ignorance of the community, the local beauties are the only respite from their miserable life. But none compare to the granddaughter of the region's tailor. With a secret cache of forbidden books, they set about to woo her. - Actors: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong
- Director: Sijie Dai
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): Cantonese
- Language (Original Language): French
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2005-11-29
- Running Time: 111 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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