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The Young Mistress' Fan (1939)

Genre :

Runtime : 1H 42M

Director : Li Ping-Qian
Writer : Sun Jing

Synopsis

Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ruined because of a misplaced fan, is saved by the social butterfly who turns out to be …Unlike typical Chinese scripts on parental love, the understated familial love in the original play is aligned with Li's preference for the undramatic. Motherly love is portrayed indirectly while emotions run strong yet subdued in the film. Poking fun at social culture of the times, this is Li's earliest extant feature film in a modern setting and a showcase of his modernistic and crisp directorial approach.

Actors

Lu Luming
Lu Luming
Yuan Meiyun
Yuan Meiyun
Mei Xi
Mei Xi
Liu Qiong
Liu Qiong
Kiang Sieu
Kiang Sieu
Yiu Kwang-Chao
Yiu Kwang-Chao
Hong Bai
Hong Bai
He Jianfei
He Jianfei

Crews

Sun Jing
Sun Jing
Screenplay
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Original Story
Li Ping-Qian
Li Ping-Qian
Director

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