abstract:Jasmine Women () is a 2004 film, adapted from Su Tong's novel called Funü Shenghuo (妇女生活) which means Women's Lives. It is directed by Hou Yong, formerly a well known cinematographer.
The women have been banded together in self helpgroups - learninghow to earn money from drying fish with solar power, sewingbags for export, orweavinggarlandsofjasmine flowers.