Ermo
1994 · Movie · 98 min. · China
Ermo (Liya Ai) is a chinese woman who gets obsessed with buying a television for her family in this film about 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. The neighbor's husband, Blindman, offers her transport to sell baskets she's made. After he gets her a city job making restaurant noodles and more money, their relationship becomes an affair. She's also selling her blood. When she discovers Blindman is subsidizing her pay, she throws the money at him and quits the job; he covers their affair and her reputation by getting beaten up over a woman in the city. When she has enough for the TV, she's exhausted.
Direction Zhou Xiaowen
Cast Ai Liya · Liu Peiqi · Zhijun Ge · Haiyan Zhang · Zhenguo Yan · Xiao Yang
Soundtrack Xiaowen Shao · Hang Yi
Screenplay Lang Yun · Baoqi Xu
Cinematography Lu Gengxin
Original title Ermo
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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