Writer- Zhen Yi
Starring- Gong Li, He Saifei
Critics Review- "A near-perfect movie that often recalls the visual purity and intensity of silent films" - John Harti "Film.com"
Out of a possible of 5 stars- 5 Stars
My Review-
I first watched this movie in my film class last semester, mostly looking at the visuals and how the film was shot. i wanted to watch it again to see the whole movie in its entirety and i am glad i did. At times it can be slow but it does on purpose to use silence emotions to convey what is going on during the scene and it was done perfectly with each of the actors especially the main character played wonderfully by Gong Li. I would like to talk about the whole movie, but this one film i suggest everyone watches if you like Foreign films, however the main story is about four women who are married to one man in 1920s China, and what goes on during the course of a year when the fourth wife or sister marries the "master". this film is well shot with the scenery and the main compound where they live, during the scenes where the "sisters" would speak to each other you could genuinely feel the tension between each "sister" as they fought for the attention of their husband. the scenes where there was no dialogue and just emotion was done perfectly. in some scenes you felt for what happened to the characters and others you sort of felt like they deserved what happened to them. this one film i was glad that i had picked to watch for this project, and i recommend that you watch it as well, even it is a little over two hours, i believe you will enjoy this movie.
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