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The Story of Qiu Ju is the only one of Zhang Yimou's 1980s and 1990s films to be really popular among Chinese. Many Chinese complain that he makes films more for foreign audiences than for them. His movies the past several years, though, have received awards and attracted large audiences in China.
Qiu Ju strikes Chinese as funny and real because the woman goes up against authority and demands justice. They laugh as this countrywoman heads into the city, not knowing what to do or where to go.