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Title: Little-Known Treasure
Review: This isn't a well-known movie, but it's worth discovering. A young girl in Northern China is sold into what she and her father presume is marriage in Gold Rush-era America. In reality, she has been bought as a prostitue, but her values and strong will keep her from such a fate. Polly, as she becomes known, challenges the locals' views of Chinese and changes the lives of everyone who meets her. The story is based on fact, and stays pretty close to the truth, even employing some actual events and dialogue from the main character's life. As in real life, there is some humor within all of the drama. This makes an enjoyable, well-rounded movie. The location shots are beautiful, and the recreated towns and period clothes give a good, accurate feel for the history of that area. It's well-cast, and well-acted, and gives a marvelous look into events in a time and place about which few people really know very much.
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