Raise the Red Lantern

China 1991, 120 minutes
Dir. Zhang Yimou
In Mandarin with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Topics: Period 1920s.

Aroview: Gong Li is unforgettable as an educated woman who bitterly serves as the fourth arranged wife of a feudal nobleman. A magnificent tragedy, enriched by stunning, rigidly symmetrical photography.

NZ International Film Festival 1992

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3 stars (Good Enough) Chilling, beautifully-filmed portrait on the life of a 4th wife to a tyrannical lord in 1920s China. A sad film of past times in China. Worth seeing. Wellington Film Festival 1992. ~Sandy