2 December 2012, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue (at East 70 Street)
New York, NY 10021

Red Sorghum 红高粱
Dir. ZHANG Yimou 张艺谋. 1987. China. Color. 88 min. 35mm. With English subtitles.
Featuring GONG Li 巩俐.
In the countryside of Shandong province in the 1930s, a young peasant girl, Jiu’er (Gong Li), is arranged to marry a leper, a much older man who owns a winery. After her husband’s death, Jiu’er takes over the running of the business. Her life is completely changed when a man she had an unusual sexual encounter with re-emerges, followed by the Japanese invasion.

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