In a remote region of magnificent landscapes in southwestern China, women have all the power men are only allowed to visit their sweethearts at dusk and must vanish at dawn. The whole community is run by women who own houses, make decisions and take care of their brothers and offsprings. A surprising and original way of life in the globalised 21st century…
Splendid pictures of an unknown China and a privileged close-up on a society, as magical as it seems out of time.
By Peabody-Award winner and Sundance selected Chinese director Chen Weijun (“To live is better than to die”),
In a remote region of magnificent landscapes in southwestern China, women have all the power men are only allowed to visit their sweethearts at dusk and must vanish at dawn. The whole community is run by women who own houses, make decisions and take care of their brothers and offsprings. A surprising and original way of life in the globalised 21st century…
