Raise The Red Lantern

NAME: Raise The Red Lantern
DIRECTOR: Zhang Yimou
STARRING : Gong Li,MaJingwu,He Saifei, Cao Cuifen
LENGTH : 125 min
RELEASE DATE: 1991

Plot

The film is set in 1920s China during the warlord era, years before the Chinese Civil War. When the father of 19-year-old Songlian（Gong Li) dies leaving the family bankrupt, they marry her into the wealthy Chen family. Known in the household as the Fourth Mistress, Songlian becomes Chen's fourth wife, or rather third concubine. Upon arrival at the palatial abode, she is at first treated like royalty. She receives sensuous foot massages and brightly-lit red lanterns that herald a visit from her husband, Chen (Ma Jingwu), whose face is never clearly shown...

Awards

1992 Venice Film Festival Silver Lion award
1992 New York Film Critics Circle Best Foreign Language Film nominee
1992 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee
1993 Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Cinematography nominee
1993 Broadcast Film Critics Association Academy Best Foreign Language Film nominee

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