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Alan Zhang's bold and significant debut film, This Woman, masterfully addresses the myriad of challenges facing women in contemporary China. The film follows the endearing and whimsical leading character Beibei as she grapples with her feelings about life, marriage, and her roles as a wife, mother, and daughter.
Apr 30, 2023 · Bei-Bei is a lovely, emancipated girl whose style of life and independence challenges the family stereotypes of a widely traditionalist country.
In this impressive and courageous first feature, Alan Zhang follows the journey of a young woman in order to profoundly question the role of women in contemporary Chinese society. To what obligations and expectations are they subjected, and how can they free themselves from these constraints?
Apr 26, 2023 · In this impressive and courageous first feature, Alan Zhang follows the journey of a young woman in order to profoundly question the role of women in contemporary Chinese society. To what obligations and expectations are they subjected, and how can they free themselves from these constraints?
This Woman is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Phil Rosen, written by Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring, and starring Irene Rich, Ricardo Cortez, Louise Fazenda, Frank Elliott, Creighton Hale, and Marc McDermott.
This film adopts a pseudo-documentary style to present the image of a woman confined by reality and relationships, enduring life pressures and inner solitude, yet persistently expanding her sense of self.
The film immerses us in the life of a woman who refuses to let her identity be defined by others, who demands the right to find out for herself who she is and what she wants. Moving from city to city and from lover to lover, she defies Chinese society’s expectations of what a woman should do and be.
