Love and Duty (1931)
- Original title
- 戀愛與義務
- Directed by
- Bu Wancang
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 32m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mother and her daughter are both played by the same actress in this silent melodrama. The story follows their separate lives and the love and duties that bind them.
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What happens
Love and Duty is a 1931 Chinese silent film, directed by Bu Wancang and starring Ruan Lingyu (Lily Yuen) and Jin Yan (Raymond King). Though very successful upon initial release in China, the film was then lost for decades before it was rediscovered in Uruguay in the 1990s. It is now housed at the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. The melodrama stars Ruan Lingyu, portraying two different characters in the film: the mother, Yang Nei Fan, and Huang Koon Ying, Nei Fan's daughter. For shared scenes, split screen technology is used to make both characters appear on screen at the same time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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New Women (1935)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.