Dragon Girls

2012

Dragon Girls

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Movie Info

Filmmaker Inigo Westmeier focuses her lens on three young students at the Shaolin Tagou martial arts school in Central China's Henan province, where 26,000 youngsters train tirelessly in their attempts to become part of their country's kung-fu elite. For dedicated students such as nine-year-old Xin Chenxi and 15-year-old Chen Xi, the struggle to embrace discipline despite being 1000 kilometres from their families can be an exercise in character building. For others, like 17-year-old Huang Luolan, the rigors of training simply become too much to take.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Documentary, Special Interest
Directed By:

Inigo Westmeier
Written By:

Inigo Westmeier, Benjamin Quabeck
Runtime:

89 minutes
Studio:

Open Window Productions

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Cast

Xin Chenxi

Zhou Jin Ji
as Trainer

Liu Heike Heike
as Principal

Xun Chen Xi

Jang Hualei
as Trainer

Huang Luolan

Yang Ziyu

Chen Xi

Quan Ling

Xin Chenxi

Xu Manyu

Liu Heike

Jang Hualei

Zhou Jin Ji

Shi Yan Zhuang

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In terms of its style and structure, Dragon Girls is completely conventional, but its stubborn, earnestly striving subjects and the sprawling grounds of the school itself have definite star qualities.

Jul 26, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Phil Brown
Globe and Mail
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