Seventeen Years (1999) [N/A]
Featuring:
Lin Liu, Bingbing Li, Yeding Li
Written by:
Dai Ning
Hua Yu
Kate Zhu
Directed by:
Yuan Zhang
Release Date:
September 1, 1999
Original Title:
过年回家
Alternate Titles:
Guò nián huí jiā
過年回家
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Xi'an Film Studio
Production Countries:
China
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
Yu Xiaoqin steals money from her father and blames on her sister Tao Lan, who accidentally kills her sister while attempting to prove her innocence. After 17 years in jail, Tao Lan is escorted by a guard only to find her home long demolished. The two go to the new address of her ageing parents, and the guard becomes witness to the family's difficult reunion.
Tao Lan and Yu Xiaoqin are teenage stepsisters. They go to the same high school, sleep in the same bedroom, but couldn't be more different. The first is wild, a bit of a vagabond, while the other is diligent and studies hard. One day Yu Xiaoqin steals money from her father and puts the blame on Tao Lin, who accidentally kills her sister while attempting to prove her innocence, and is put in jail. 17 years later, a woman by now, she is allowed out and is escorted by a guard to find her home long demolished. The two go to the new address of the ageing parents, and the guard becomes an eyewitness to the difficult reunion and the girl's remorse, the anxiety and fear of the mother and the stepfather's silent struggle to rise above his pain and find forgiveness.
