Le Palanquin des larmes
| Director: | Jacques Dorfmann |
| Writer: | Jacques Dorfmann |
| Actors: | Quing Yi, Tu Huai Qing, Chen Jie, Jiang Wen, Zhou Yiemang, Elisabeth Sung, Huang Zhong Yin, Jiang Xi Ren |
| Cinematographer: | Jean-Claude Larrieu |
| Art direction: | Quranxin |
| Original music: | Maurice Jarre |
| Producers: | Jacques Dorfmann, Nicolas Clermont, Pieter Kroonenburg, Claude Léger, Chi xi Dao |
| Unit manager: | Gérard Martin |
| Production company: | Transfilm, Effeil Productions, Belstar Productions, Antenne2 TV, Film A2 |
A modern history of China as seen through the life of a woman. Born in 1936, during the Sino-Japanese war, she experiences the civil war, and Mao's arrival to power. Forced to marry at 13, she is rapidly widowed and then begins to play piano, an instrument she formally played as a virtuoso.
