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7.1/10   247 votes
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Director:
Xiaowen Zhou
Writers:
Xu Baoqi (story)
Lang Yun (writer)
Release Date:
8 June 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A woman gets obsessed with buying a television for her family. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Elegant comedy-drama for the Art-house crowd more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Liya Ai ... Ermo
Peiqi Liu ... Blindman
Zhijun Ge ... Ermo's husband
Haiyan Zhang ... Blindman's wife
Zhenguo Yan ... Huzi, Ermo's Son
Xiao Yang ... Xiazi's Daughter
Shengxia Yang
Zhi Yanyan
Shen Enshen
Baochang Chen
Jun Wu
Hui Du
Li Yong'gui
Songhai Gao
Wenming Yang
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Hong Kong:98 min | Sweden:95 min
Country:
Hong Kong | China
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | Sweden:7 | UK:15

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Elegant comedy-drama for the Art-house crowd, 26 January 2000
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Author: Libretio

ERMO

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Sound format: Mono

Warm, amusing comedy-drama set in northern China where the proud, stubborn Ermo (Alia) works her fingers to the bone selling home-made noodles in order to trounce her snobby neighbors by saving enough money to purchase the biggest TV in the district. Despite this slender framework, the film is rich in characterisation and incident, such as Alia's budding romance with a married man (Liu Peiqi), a narrative thread which is alternately funny and poignant, and genuinely affecting. The acting is restrained and believable, and director Zhou Xiaowen frames and edits every scene to perfection. It's a bit too laidback to really jump off the screen, and its pleasures are minor, but you simply can't fault the craftsmanship on display.

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