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A modest family is destined for tragedy due to the rivalry between two teenage stepsisters. It begins when Tao Lan accidentally kills her stepsister. Seventeen years later, a female guard escorts the solitary Tao Lan, now a stranger to life outside prison, to her first painful family reunion….
Guonian Huijia. 过年回家 (lit. Home for New Year's) Short story by Hao Jingfang. Translations: The New Year Train. Translated by Ken Liu. The Paper Republic database exists for reference purposes only. We are not the publisher of these works, are not responsible for their contents, and cannot provide digital or paper copies.
A drama about a young woman's painful reunion with her family after a long prison term for killing her stepsister.
Seventeen Years (Guonian huijia) Zhang Yuan in Person November 5 Screening on Film. Directed by Zhang Yuan. China, 1999, 35mm, color, 90 min. Mandarin with English subtitles. Share. Seventeen Years is a human tragedy.
Guonian Huijia marked something of a comeback for director Zhang Yuan after several projects that caused him run-ins with the Chinese government; this film was released concurrently with his documentary feature Crazy English.
- Yuan Zhang
The prize-winning film, Guonian Huijia (Seventeen Years) tells of the tragedy that befalls an ordinary family. Relations between two half sisters turn sour and lead to a fight in which one of the sisters dies.
SEVENTEEN YEARS. Guonian huijia. YönetmenZhang Yuan. Çin, İtalya, 1999. Drama. 90. Özet. A modest family is destined for tragedy due to the rivalry between two teenage stepsisters. It begins when Tao Lan accidentally kills her stepsister.
