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Ermo (Chinese: 二 嫫; pinyin: Èrmó) is a Chinese comedy / drama film, released in 1994 and directed by Zhou Xiaowen. It is essentially a satire on Western consumerism and its influence on Chinese culture. It was adapted from a novella written by Xu Baoqi.
Ermo: Directed by Xiaowen Zhou. With Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge, Haiyan Zhang. A woman gets obsessed with buying a television for her family.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Xiaowen Zhou
- 1995-06-08
Jul 7, 2017 · Ermo, Zhou Xiaowen’s 1994 movie, hits all the notes of 1990s China: accelerating collisions between the new and the old, the market’s destructive effects on the “traditional” family structure – especially the division of labor by gender – and runaway consumerism in a globalizing world.
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A humble noodle-maker in a remote Chinese province, Ermo feels that she's being taken for granted by family and friends. She decides the best way to impress them is to bring home the biggest, most expensive television set she can find - no matter how many noodles she has to peddle.
A woman gets obsessed with buying a television for her family. Women's roles and consumerism in a Chinese village. The independent Ermo supports her son and disabled husband, rising early to make noodles she sells as a street vendor. A snooty neighbor has a TV, so Ermo wants a huge one.
In this tale of the desire for status gone wrong, Ermo (Ailiya) is an industrious woman living in the northern Chinese province of Hebei. When a friend purchases the first TV ever to make its way...
- Comedy, Drama
