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xiu xiu the sent down girl full frame
directed by joan chen from an award winning novella banned in china because of political and sexual content xiu xiu the sent down girl is a powerful love story . between 1967 and 1976 nearly 8 million chinese youths were sent down for specialized training to the remotest corners of the country . before being sent down the young and beautiful xiu xiu dreams of becoming a horse trainer in the wide open plains of tibet far away from her busy city home . her journey begins in a training camp in the isolated plains with a solitary and mysterious man . slowly xiu xiu discovers that she is unlikely to ever see her home again without a wealthy sponsor . her world becomes a horrifying cage where patrons promise her escape in exchange for her sexual compromise . this is one girls story and a compassionate deed that inspired one special man and everyone who hears her tale .
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