Raise The Red Lantern (1991)

61 out of 63 people found the following review helpful:

A visually arresting and intriguing story!

Bruce from Oxford, 4th April, 2005

Zhang Yimou (who did Ju Dou later) directed this visually arresting and intriguing 1991 film about a university educated 19-year old woman (Songlian) who is sent to become the fourth wife of a nobleman in China in the 1920s. The movie gives extremely good views of the complex nature of Songlian trying to adjust to a sudden change of life, and the factors surrounding her, such as the 'competition' with the other wives to attract the attention of her husband and a remote palatial home with its own traditions of the years. The film is gorgeous, and for me, a better one than Ju Dou in its complexity and depiction of human interactions. A definite 'must see'.

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17 out of 18 people found the following review helpful:

Wonderful film

A Customer from Kent, UK, 21st January, 2006

Normally I wouldn't give this kind of movie the time of day. But the plot is uttlerly fascinating. Who will get choosen next and why, intregie, suspense, this has it all.

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Watch more World Cinema

A Customer from Brighton, East Sussex, 14th April, 2007

Look beyond Hollywood dross and embrace World Cinema. There's a whole new dimension of film just waiting for you to find it. This is a beautiful sad and dignified film.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

ever memorable

william from Oxford, 27th January, 2008

One of the films I actually remember as very good.

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