Rickshaw Boy
MovieTitle | 骆驼祥子 |
User score | 8.5 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1982 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Ling Zifeng |
Production country | China |
Production companies | Beijing Film Studio |
Run time | 117 min. |
Xiang Zi is a rickshaw boy who has always had a desire to excel and a thirst for freedom. He married Hu Niu who died of dystocia later. After her death, another girl, Xiao Fuzi, falls in love with Xiang Zi but they are separated by poverty. Xiang Zi works very hard in order to change his life, only to find that Xiao Fuzi is dead just as he begins to be hopeful for their future. Finally, Xiang Zi, an unflinching man, surrenders to that dark society.