A Tale of Two Donkeys

An involving beautifully modulated yarn about a young intellectuals war with two equines in a mountain village during the Cultural Revolution A young student Ma Jie who is sent to a tiny Beigao village in Shanxi Province and has the mundane task of watching over livestock during the Great Cultural Revolution Surrounded only by the extreme boredom he initiates a war against two donkeys What ensues as a result is an impressive feature debut by director Li Dawei who manages to infuse a believable quirky and black humorous universe within a realistically grim setting