Married to an infertile and brutal owner of a dye mill in rural China, Ju Dou conceives a boy with her husband's nephew. Forced to keep the affair and true parentage secret, she must raise her son as her husband's heir, leading to tragedy. The first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
China | 1990 | Drama, Romance | 1h 35m | PG-13
Director: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Stars: Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li
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