In 1914, the poet Guo Moruo (1892-1978) arrived in Japan a refugee of sorts. Five days after being forced by his parents to wed a woman whose looks left much to be desired, Guo Moruo, then just 20 years old, fled his native Sichuan Province.
"Daddy, buy me a Mercedes-Benz," 22-year-old Lily Zheng demands, in front of her father's friends at the restaurant where they have gathered to celebrate her return home.
Tuya's Marriage, an unconventional Chinese love story about a herdswoman and her two husbands, has won the Golden Bear prize for best picture at the 57th Berlin Film Festival.
Gao Jun is an orphan. He is 2 or 3 years old (no one knows for sure) and is also an outcast.
Chinese film fans are overjoyed that a revered filmmaker has finally won an Academy Award, but they are ambivalent whether the film that got him the accolade deserves an honor by itself.
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