The film follows a peasant couple, Zhao Deshan and his wife Xiuzhi, living in rural Yunnan province near Zhaotong in southern China. Their lives are thrown into upheaval when the local mayor “rewards” them with two foreign sheep donated by a former villager, now an official in Beijing. The couple is then tasked with breeding the sheep for their wool and to bring prosperity to their small community. Much to their chagrin, the sheep do not take to their new environment and the couple are forced into ever more ingenious ways of making the sheep appear greater than they really are. As they do so, they also come to value the sheep as companions in their family. When it becomes clear that the two “great” sheep are not the boon they were thought to be, the local authorities repossess the animals.
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Cast
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Hao Lui Director · Xian Tanmin Writer
Worldwide gross $1.1K · United States release May 23, 2005 · Produced in China
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Worldwide gross
$1,077
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China
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Original title
好大一对羊
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Canada · September 16, 2004
Theatrical
United States · May 23, 2005
Seattle International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
March 24, 2005 · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Japan
September 23, 2011 · East Asia Film Festa
South Korea
October 12, 2004 · Pusan International Film Festival
Sweden
June 1, 2007
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