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Set in her home village in rural Hunan province, Egg and Stone is a powerful autobiographical portrait of a 14-year-old girl's attempts to come to terms with her emerging sexual maturity.
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"I saw this film as part of the Rotterdam Film Festival 2012. I had expected much of it, given the announcement text as published by the festival. On the other hand, some earlier reviews on the festival website carried some warning signs. But I had already booked tickets, so... After all, the negative comments were right to the point, and I can only add extra complaints. Firstly, the Egg and Stone symbolism is not only prominent in the title, but we see actual eggs and stones appear multiple times. I could not make anything comprehensible out of it, other than eggs standing for new life. But n..."
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Set in her home village in rural Hunan province, Egg and Stone is a powerful autobiographical portrait of a 14-year-old girl's attempts to come to terms with her emerging sexual maturity.