Watch Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

Set back in the year 1975, a young teenage girl by the name of Xiu Xiu is sent away from her home in order to work for manual labor in the secluded area of the Sichuan steppes. After being there for only a year, Xiu Xiu decides to leave to with Lao Jin, a Tibetan saddle tramp, who promises to teach her how to become a horse herder.