Raise the Red Lantern
China, 1920. One Master, Four Wives.
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
- 7.9
- 1991
- Released
- 2h 5m
Gong Li
Song Lian
Ma Jingwu
Chen Zuo Qian
He Saifei
Mei Shan
Cao Cuifen
Zhuo Yun
Kong Lin
Yan'er
Jin Shuyuan
Yu Ru
Chu Xiao
Fei Pu
Ding Weimin
Mother Song
Cao Zengyin
Old Servant
Cui Zhigang
Dr. Gao
Zhou Qi
Chen Baishun![Raise the Red Lantern (1991) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/L0ATH3N1gsM/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
zh
$1,000,000.00
$16,600,000.00
- #competition
- #marriage
- #romantic rivalry
- #polygamy
- #concubine
- #wealth
- #intrigue
- #oppression
- #1920s
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**Raise the Red Lantern:** Directed by Zhang Yimou, Raise the Red Lantern (大红灯笼高高挂) stands as a seminal work in Chinese cinema, premiering in 1991 and adapted from Su Tong's novel Wives and Concubines. The film achieved international acclaim, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and earning nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film, solidifying its status as
**In the context of oriental cinema, it's a good film... but it's very different from the cinema that we, in the West, are used to, and this difference ends up killing our interest in this work.** I think this movie was the first Chinese movie I saw, I'm not really sure. I am not an expert on the cinema of this country, but I can say that it is one of those films that you see without much speci