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Dam Street [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Li Yu.

First Run Features, [2008].

Teenage pregnancy -- Drama.

China -- Social life and customs -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Alternate title:

Hong yan [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (93 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.

"Global Film Initiative"--Container.

Special features: Discussion guide including director's notes, about China, historical background and biographies.

In Mandarin & Sichuan with optional English subtitles.

Laurel Films presents with the support of the Fonds Sud Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Communication (CNC), Ministry of the Foreign Affairs (France) [and Rosem Films] ; produced by Fang Li ; script by Li Yu and Fang Li ; directed by Li Yu.

Liu Yi with Hung Xingrao, Li Kechun, Wang Yizhu.

"During a time of rigid moral code in China, a sixteen year old girl living in a small riverside town discovers she is pregnant. The community is stunned, her family loses face and she and her boyfriend are expelled from their school. In the aftermath, her boyfriend leaves her and she is forced to put her child up for adoption. Ten years later, she is working as a singer in a local song and dance troupe. Her only friend is a young boy who protects her from the critical eyes of the community. A marriage proposal probes the limits of their friendship and the depth of her unresolved past."--Container.

Coming-of-age films.

Melodrama and tearjerker films.

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