Tu Ya de hun shi (Tuya's Marriage
China
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2006
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Color
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96 min
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Living conditions for those in rural northwestern Mongolia are deteriorating. Chinese industry is expanding—even into this inhospitable region—and the government is pressuring Mongolian herders to abandon their nomadic way of life, move to nearby cities, and settle as farmers. Tuya, a beautiful and self-confident woman, refuses to leave her pastures. She prefers to stay there with her disabled husband, her two children, and a flock of one hundred sheep, enduring a life full of hardship in the endless expanses of the steppe. But all the hard work begins to take its toll on Tuya. Her husband, Bater, tries to convince her to get a divorce, but Tuya will not conform to her husband's wishes. One day, she falls ill and, for the first time, begins to consider divorce, as it would allow her to find someone to help her care for Bater, the two children, and the one hundred sheep.
Technical Details
Direction:
Wang Quan’an
Cinematography:
Lutz Reitemeier
Language:
Mandarin
Production:
Yan Jugang
Art Direction:
Wei Tao
Sound:
Jiang Peng
Subtitles:
Spanish and English
Screenplay:
Lu Wei, Wang Quan’an
Editing:
Wang Quan’an
Cast:
Yu Nan (Tuya)
Bater (Bater)
Senge (Senge)
Peng Hongxiang (Baolier)
Zhaya (Zhaya)
Director
Wang Quan’an
Born in Yanan, Shaanxi province, in 1965, he attended the Beijing Film Academy and began working at the Xian Film Studio after graduating in 1991, also writing screenplays in his free time. His first feature film, Yue shi (Lunar Eclipse), made in 2000, won awards at international film festivals and was screened in the Forum section of the Berlinale in 2002. His second feature, Jingzhe (The Story of Ermei), also starring Yu Nan, was screened in the Panorama Section of the Berlinale in 2004. His latest film, Tuya’s Marriage, won the Golden Bear at the most recent Berlin Film Festival.
