• Film ID:
  • 4199
  • Availability:
  • VHS - Adv. Booking Required
  • Film cert:
  • Running time:
  • VHS=121 min.
  • Nationality(ies):
  • China.
  • Primary Language(s):
RAISE THE RED LANTERN (1991)
Cast
Gong Li. Ma Jingwu. He Caifei.
Director(s)
Zhang Yimou.
Categories
Art House. Drama. 1920s. 01 Nigel's Choice. Religion. Historical. Recommended.
Review
Astonishingly rich and beautiful film, rightly acclaimed as one of the finest examples of Chinese cinema. A young girl becomes the fourth wife of a powerful clan chief and finds that life revolves around the jealousies of her rivals. A poignant study of one woman's fate under feudalism.
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