When Ruoma Was Seventeen
2003, Chinese. Directed by Zhang Jiarui.
Set in a remote mountainous region of southern China, the film is about a Hani tribe girl, Ruoma (Li Min) who dreams of seeing the outside world. Ruoma lives with her grandma and sells roasted corn in a market for fifty cents an ear. Beautifully attired in Hani ethnic clothing, she by chance catches the eye of a penniless photographer, Aming (Yang Zhigang). They soon becoming friends and he gets the idea of making money by having her pose with tourists beside a famous World Heritage site. Charging ten yuan per photo, they hope to make some money. Ruoma does her job well, sweetly smiling with the tourists while dreaming of going to the big city and riding in a glass elevator. She also falls in love with Aming.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 31 August 2003
- Original title
- 婼玛的十七岁
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Jiazong Meng
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When Ruoma Was Seventeen runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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When Ruoma Was Seventeen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 August 2003. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed When Ruoma Was Seventeen?
When Ruoma Was Seventeen (2003) was directed by Zhang Jiarui and stars Li Min, Yang Zhigang, Shu Linyuan.