When Ruoma Was Seventeen

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.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 220092
  • Status Released
  • Released China November 1, 2002 Canada August 31, 2003 (Montréal World Film Festival) United States of America March 4, 2004 (San Jose Film Festival) Belgium October 7, 2004 (Flanders International Film Festival) Philippines September 9, 2006 (Chinese Film Festival) Japan June 16, 2007
  • Runtime 88 minutes
  • Genres Drama Romance
  • Original Country China
  • Original Language Chinese - China
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Box Office Worldwide $5,785
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