4 Films & TV Shows Set In Sichuan Province During The 1970s

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  Youth

  Sichuan Province The 1970s

  A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection that shapes their lives.

  Released in 2017 • 136 minutes
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  24 City

  Sichuan Province The 1970s The 1960s The 1950s

  Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories melt into the History of China.

  Released in 2008 • 112 minutes
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  Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

  Sichuan Province The 1970s

  During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor’s beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase full of forbidden Western novels.

  Released in 2002 • 116 minutes
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  Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

  Sichuan Province The 1970s

  Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

  Released in 1998 • 99 minutes