When Ruoma Was Seventeen

Overview

Set in a remote mountainous region of southern China, the film is about a Hani tribe girl, Ruoma (Li Min) who dreams of seeing the outside world. Ruoma lives with her grandma and sells roasted corn in a market for fifty cents an ear. Beautifully attired in Hani ethnic clothing, she by chance catches the eye of a penniless photographer, Aming (Yang Zhigang). They soon becoming friends and he gets the idea of making money by having her pose with tourists beside a famous World Heritage site. Charging ten yuan per photo, they hope to make some money. Ruoma does her job well, sweetly smiling with the tourists while dreaming of going to the big city and riding in a glass elevator. She also falls in love with Aming.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 31, 2003

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Cast

Li Min,Yang Zhigang,Shu Linyuan

Director

Zhang Jiarui

Writer

Jiazong Meng

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0398388