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A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband’s nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband’s heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.
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ACMI Identifier
tmdb-movie-41821
Language
Chinese
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Family - Asia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women - China
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - China
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adultery
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family - Asia
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Fathers and sons
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Mothers and sons
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Seduction
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women - China
Feature films → Feature films - China
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Love
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Marriage
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Revenge
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Sound
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Colour