Woman Sesame Oil Maker
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| Directed by | Xie Fei |
| Written by | Xie Fei, based on a story by Zhou Daxin |
| Starring | Siqin Gaowa |
| Distributed by | Facets Multimedia (Region 1 DVD) |
| Release date(s) |  1993 February 16, 1994 (NYC only) |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | Mandarin |
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Woman Sesame Oil Maker (Chinese: 香湖女; pinyin: Xiāng hú nǚ) is a 1993 Chinese film in the Mandarin language. In the English speaking world it has been released on VHS under the title Women from the Lake of Scented Souls and more recently on DVD as Woman Sesame Oil Maker.
The film is directed by Xie Fei and tells the story of a woman who runs a small sesame oil business that becomes unexpectedly successful; success then brings problems.
The film won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993.
[edit] External links
- Woman Sesame Oil Maker at the Internet Movie Database
- Woman Sesame Oil Maker at Allmovie
- Woman Sesame Oil Maker at the Chinese Movie Database
- "Xie Fei's Black Snow and Women from the Lake of Scented Souls: Men and Women getting by in post-Mao China podcast of a lecture by Dr. Julian Ward, University of Edinburgh
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| Preceded by Grand Canyon |
Golden Bear winner 1993 tied with The Wedding Banquet |
Succeeded by In the Name of the Father |
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