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Xu Mao and His Daughters (1981)

Xu Mao and His Daughters (1981)

Drama
Release Date: 1981, August 7
Directors: Li Jun
Countries: China
Production: August 1st Film Studio 八一电影制片厂 (A1FS)
Cast: Wang Fuli, Tian Hua, Zhou Hong, Siqin Gaowa, Junquan Wu, Feng Enhe, Yi Liu, Hui Wang, Xu Guangming, Li Cun, Yan Shi, Jia Liu

Overview:

Based on Zhou Keqin's excellent novel, Xu Mao and His Daughters weaves a story about the life and sufferings of Xu Mao, an aging peasant and his four daughters in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. They struggle to make ends meet since his wife's death. Preoccupied with worries, he loses touch with his maturing daughters. It takes the stubborn but kindly intervention of a woman making a governmental inspection tour to cause father and daughters to appreciate their loving family.