When Ruoma Was Seventeen
2003 · 88 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 111 VOTES · DIR. Zhang Jiarui
Overview
Set in a remote mountainous region of southern China, the film is about a Hani tribe girl, Ruoma (Li Min) who dreams of seeing the outside world. Ruoma lives with her grandma and sells roasted corn in a market for fifty cents an ear. Beautifully attired in Hani ethnic clothing, she by chance catches the eye of a penniless photographer, Aming (Yang Zhigang). They soon becoming friends and he gets the idea of making money by having her pose with tourists beside a famous World Heritage site. Charging ten yuan per photo, they hope to make some money. Ruoma does her job well, sweetly smiling with the tourists while dreaming of going to the big city and riding in a glass elevator. She also falls in love with Aming.
Dialogue Timeline — 473 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:43 Grandpa
00:07:17 Actually they look good but they're uncomfortable
00:10:03 Have some!
00:12:06 Ruoma, I'm really sorry
00:16:17 Luo-xia, what are you talking about?
00:18:25 that goes up one second and down the next
00:21:35 Ok. Thank you
00:24:03 See, taking a picture with a foreigner
00:25:40 Ruoma
00:29:06 Smile... Ruoma
00:32:22 Really?
00:34:15 Ruoma, Ruoma
00:37:31 Help me out here, take a good picture
00:41:55 She is Ruoma, isn't she?
00:45:54 Have you made any money?
00:47:28 You're crazy
00:49:52 Ga likes Luo-xia
00:53:51 I fell down in the field
00:56:49 Are you okay? Okay
00:59:48 Didn't you say you wanted to ride in an elevator?
01:06:13 Ruoma! Ruoma!
01:11:59 I promised I'd take you to ride in an elevator
01:21:39 Come back!
01:26:07 Have some roasted corn!