Ermo Movie Review 1994

Hard-working noodle-maker Ermo (Alia) supports her slothful husband, Chief (Zhijun), and their son in their northern China village. Her smitten truck-driver neighbor Blindman (Peiqi) has an equally unpleasant wife, Fat Woman (Haiyan), with whom Ermo has an ongoing rivalry. They own a color TV (the only one in the village) and Ermo becomes determined to get a bigger and better set by selling her noodles in a nearby town and compulsively saving her money. Of course, her entrepreneurship has some unexpected consequences. Mandarin Chinese with subtitles.

Distribution

Evergreen Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760

Available on VHS
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from Chinese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, China, Family Ties

Screenplay

Lang Yun

Cast

Alia, Peiqi Liu, Ge Zhijun, Zhang Haiyan

Cinematography

Lu Gengxin

Director

Zhou Xiaowen

Music

Zhou Xiaowen

Producer

Jimmy Tan, Chen Kunming, Arrow Releasing