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Seventeen Years

7:00 5 April
7:00 6 April

A young girl at the age of seventeen accidentally kills her step-sister during an altercation over five yuan. Twelve years later on Chinese New Years, escorted by a female prison guard, she returns home for the first time to be re-united with her mother and step-father. The film narrative examines the lost year's between murderer- daughter and her estranged family from both sides, what was missed during those seventeen years of separation on account of her actions.

Director: He Jianjun
Cast: Feng Yuanzheng, Liang Danni, Pu Cunxin, Huang Xin
(China/HK, 1995, 101 mins)