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Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 Chinese period drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by Ni Zhen [ zh] of the 1990 novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally Wives and Concubines) by Su Tong.
Dec 18, 1991 · Raise the Red Lantern: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Gong Li, Saifei He, Jingwu Ma, Cuifen Cao. China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.
After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle.
Visually thrilling and rich with emotion, Raise the Red Lantern offers an engrossing period drama anchored by an outstanding performance from Gong Li. Read Critics Reviews
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Apr 27, 2003 · In the Chinese film, a 19-year-old college student drops out of school after her father dies; when her stepmother is unwilling to support her, she agrees to become the concubine of a rich man--his "Fourth Mistress." All four concubines live in a house they are not allowed to leave. Advertisement.
Aug 11, 2022 · Raise the Red Lantern ( 大红灯笼高高挂) Director: Zhang Yimou. Written: Tong Su, Zhen Ni. Country: China. Year: 1991. “Raise the Red Lantern” was named in a list of “25 movies you must see before you die,” and is considered a monumental piece of cinematography that brought a different vision of Chinese film to the West.
Raise The Red Lantern. A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household. 760 IMDb 8.1 1 h 59 min 1991.
Overview. In 1920s China, a nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family and compete with his three wives for his attention, slowly uncovering the dark truths that lie within their gilded cage. Zhang Yimou. Director. Su Tong. Novel. Ni Zhen. Writer. Full Cast & Crew. Reviews 1. Discussions 1.
Set in 1920s China and adapting the novella Wives and Concubines by Su Tong, Raise the Red Lantern is a compelling work based on its screenplay alone. Under Zhang Yimou’s direction it becomes something much more: a masterpiece demonstrating the filmmaker’s complete control of film language.
Based off of Si Tong’s seditious 1990 novel Wives and Concubines and admirably adapted by Ni Zhen, Raise the Red Lantern tells the nostalgic and nagging story of Songlian (Gong, in what may be her greatest role), a shining student and merchant’s daughter in 1920s China whose married off as a concubine to a wealthy old man by her desperate stepmo...
