Courthouse on Horseback

Courthouse on Horseback

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 6, 2006

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

马背上的法庭

Director

Liu Jie

Description

The film follows three characters on a tour of the remote Yunman province of China where they travel with a horse to deal with legal disputes in mountain villages. Government policy is forcing the retirement of "Auntie" Yang (Yang Yaning) and she will have to separate after years of professional partnership from Feng (Li Baotian). They are accompanied by her replacement, recent law school graduate Ah-Luo (Lu Yulai).