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02/02/2019 Drama, Documentary 0h 0m
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"If you're from the North and familiar with these traditional customs, this film is worth watching."

Overview

The film explores the evolution of the bride price custom (彩礼) in contemporary rural China. It depicts how this tradition, once a cultural practice, has gradually transformed into a problematic "bad habit" (陋习). Under the pressure of exorbitant bride prices, families develop twisted values, worldviews, vanity, and competitive mentalities, creating significant social issues that affect countless rural households.

  1. Liu Shuwei

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Han Yubo

  2. Wang Juan

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Reviews

A review by PantaOz
Written by PantaOz on 2026-03-26
腊月 (The Twelfth Lunar Month, 2019) arrives as a modest yet culturally significant entry in China's growing catalogue of rural realism cinema. Director Liu Shuwei's semi-documentary examination of the bride price custom (彩礼) in Southwest Shandong doesn't dazzle with technical virtuosity, but it offers an unvarnished window into a social phenomenon that continues to fracture rural families.

The film's greatest strength lies in its anthropological authenticity. Shot with a cast of non-professional actors (led by Han Yubo and Wang Juan) who move through frozen winter landscapes with the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Chinese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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