A Girl Unknown Review: An Understated and Aching Period Drama Set Against the Quiet Backdrop of China’s One Child Policy Zou Jing's poignant drama "A Girl Unknown" is a powerful reminder of the devastating impact of China's one child policy, which controlled the country's population growth from 1979 to 2016.
The policy's effects on individual lives and families are largely underappreciated, despite recent attention thanks in part to Nanfu Wang's documentary "One Child Nation.
" The story of Wang Juan, a young girl abandoned by her mother and left to fend for herself in rural China, is a heart wrenching portrayal of the human cost.