Tuya's Marriage

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Tuya's Marriage
Directed by Wang Quan'an
Produced by Yan Ju Gang
Written by Wang Quan'an
Lu Wei
Starring Yu Nan
Cinematography Lutz Reitemeier
Distributed by China Film Group
United States:
Music Box Films
Release date(s) China:
September 21, 2006
United States:
April 4, 2008
Running time China:
86 min.
Berlin Film Festival:
96 min.
Language Mandarin Chinese
IMDb profile
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese: 图雅的婚事
Traditional Chinese: 圖雅的婚事
Pinyin: túyǎ de hūnshì

Tuya's Marriage (simplified Chinese: 图雅的婚事; traditional Chinese: 圖雅的婚事; pinyin: túyǎ de hūnshì) is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Wang Quan'an. The film depicts life in Inner Mongolia, in a region where desertification is making life hard for nomadic herders. It tells the story of Tuya, who divorces her disabled husband in the hope of finding an able-bodied husband who will be prepared to look after herself, her children, and her former husband.

The film won the Golden Bear at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.

[edit] Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews from Western critics. As of April 4, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 78% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 9 reviews.[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 70 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tuya's Marriage Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  2. ^ Tuya's Marriage (2008): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by
Grbavica		 Golden Bear winner
2007		 Succeeded by
Elite Squad
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Films directed by Wang Quan'an
Lunar Eclipse (1999) •Jingzhe (2004) •Tuya's Marriage (2006)
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Cinema of China
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