The film tells the story of Qiu Ju, an ordinary peasant woman, who bravely goes to court to defend her legal rights and interests, without fear of force.
There are only four professional actors in the movie, 90% of the roles are played by non-professional actors with the same identity as the characters, and even the family members in the movie are basically filled by real family members in the local countryside.
Gong Li played the Qiu Ju look simply dirt bomb, it is said that the film in Beijing test screening, screening ten minutes of the audience still did not realize that Gong Li has appeared, you do not feel that Gong Li is playing the Qiu Ju, Gong Li is Qiu Ju, which is an actor’s highest realm.
In the end, Gong Li became the first Chinese actress to win the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival.
1992 / Mainland China Hong Kong, China / Drama / Zhang Yimou / Gong Li Liu Peiqi
In a small mountain village in northwest China, Qiu Ju’s (Gong Li) husband Wan Qinglai (Liu Peiqi) is kicked in the lower body during an argument with the village chief and is unable to do farm work anymore, so he can only lie in bed all day long.
Qiu Ju is not angry, looking for the village head of the theory shall not be the other side to pay attention to, in order to get a breath of air, she will be a paper complaint to the village head of the township government.
After some patient mediation by Li Gongan of the township government, the village chief promised to compensate Qiu Ju’s family for the economic losses, but threw the banknotes directly on the ground and refused to apologize.
Although the village chief’s behavior is rude and unreasonable, the people still feel that things can be brought to a close, only Qiu Ju was enraged, swore to ask for a statement, so she carried a big belly and sister to the county town, began a long road to sue.
