CHINA · 1991

Raise the Red Lantern

Zhang Yimou
Chinese Fifth Generation concubinage patriarchal power dynamics female competition traditional chinese society loss of agency
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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.

Year1991
CountryChina
DirectorZhang Yimou
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