Title: who knew joan chen was a director?
Product review: What an excellent piece of work to make your first directorial effort. This movie really hit home for me because many of my relatives were "sent down" during the Cultural Revolution and I've asked them many times what it was like and I couldn't imagine myself leaving everything I know and going to the Chinese countryside for god knows how long. The one answer I didn't get was why Mao Zedong thought this was a good idea. Although there are countless good things I can say about this movie, the things that stick in my mind the most are the grotesque sex (for lack of a better word) scenes. They just made me sick. I literally felt like throwing up. I'm surprised I haven't had nightmares. In response to the person who said s/he didn't understand why this movie got an R rating, I totally understand! If I had seen it a few years ago, I would have been scarred for life and I would never want to have sex, ever.
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