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When Ruoma Was Seventeen
When Ruoma Was Seventeen
DramaRomance

When Ruoma Was Seventeen

August 31, 2003
1h 28m
TMDB7.5· 2

Set in a remote mountainous region of southern China, the film is about a Hani tribe girl, Ruoma (Li Min) who dreams of seeing the outside world. Ruoma lives with her grandma and sells roasted corn in a market for fifty cents an ear. Beautifully attired in Hani ethnic clothing, she by chance catches the eye of a penniless photographer, Aming (Yang Zhigang). They soon becoming friends and he gets the idea of making money by having her pose with tourists beside a famous World Heritage site. Charging ten yuan per photo, they hope to make some money. Ruoma does her job well, sweetly smiling with the tourists while dreaming of going to the big city and riding in a glass elevator. She also falls in love with Aming.

Cast
Li Min

Li Min

Ruoma

Yang Zhigang

Yang Zhigang

Aming

Shu Linyuan

Shu Linyuan

Crew
Zhang Jiarui

Zhang Jiarui

Director

Jiazong Meng

Jiazong Meng

Writer

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Movie Info
StatusReleased
Original LanguageChinese
Budget (USD)N/A
Revenue (USD)N/A
Popularity0%
Released in

China

Spoken Languages

普通话