Growing up in a rickety hut on a garbage-filled lot, twin sisters Xia and Ling, and their brother Gang recognize that a good education is their only ticket to a better life, but as migrants, they are prevented from attending a free public school. With very little money to their name, they place all their hopes in Gang, the older brother. The girls struggle to earn the money to pay for their brother's schooling with no help from their alcoholic father and overwhelmed mother. The only offer for funding is at the price of the two girls’ virginity. But lead by Xia, a girl with incredible will, they fight to change their fate that offers them only misery and degradation.
Ji Dan was born in Heilongjiang, China, in 1963. After she graduated from the Beijing Normal University, she went to Japan to study. After her stay there, she picked up the Hi8 camera and started to make documentary.
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