Released 1994
Stars Ailiya, Liu Peiqui, Ge Zhijun, Zhang Haiyan
Directed by Xiaowen Zhou

In the course of cinematic history, there have been many great quests: searches for the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, the true nature of Humankind, the essence of God, and, during this film from Chinese director Zhou Xiaowen, a 29-inch television. In "Ermo" we follow the obsessive struggle of one woman to earn the money to buy the biggest television in her village. There's no sacrifice she won't make, an attitude that her aging, impotent husband is incapable of understanding. In his view, money is for building houses, not buying gadgets.

Summary by James Berardinelli