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Weaving Girl
Weaving Girl
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WEAVING GIRL

Fang zhi gu niang

Directed by Wang Quanan
China, 2009
Drama

Synopsis

As a textile worker in Xi’an, Li Li cannot afford the treatment for her cancer. If that isn’t hopeless enough, she doesn’t love her husband, her son is distant, and the factory where she works is closing. Trying to make the best of the time left, she sets out to find her first love in Beijing.

Synopsis

As a textile worker in Xi’an, Li Li cannot afford the treatment for her cancer. If that isn’t hopeless enough, she doesn’t love her husband, her son is distant, and the factory where she works is closing. Trying to make the best of the time left, she sets out to find her first love in Beijing.

Our take

Director Wang Quan’an won the Golden Bear for his 2007 drama Tuya’s Marriage, while this follow-up feature took home the Jury Grand Prix at Montreal. With a knockout performance from lead actress Yu Nan, Weaving Girl is a politically incisive character study that confirms Wang as a talent to watch.