Hibiscus Town

Hu Yuyin (Liu Xiaoqing) is a young woman in a small town who lives through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution. Xie Jin adapts Gu Hua's novel as a melodrama, following her life and troubles through the years the film covers, with Jiang Wen as Qin Shutian and Zheng Zaishi as Gu Yanshan alongside her. Liu Xiaoqing carries the story from beginning to end, and the face she keeps is the one the film stays on.