https://youtu.be/dcssVHWKZSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcssVHWKZSEQuestions to consider:

1) Set in the 1990s, well after his death in 1976, how does the film portray post-Mao China compared to that of Maoist China?

2) How are the people in the countryside portrayed differently from those in the city?

3) How are the government officials portrayed? What’s the role of bureaucracy in the daily lives of the Chinese people?

3) What elements of communism still exist post-Mao? Judging from the film, can China still be said to be “communist?” Why or why not?

4) Finally, what’s the moral of the film? What is Zhang Yimou trying to communicate about China today through Qiu Ju’s quest for justice?