The Light of Maternal Instinct (1933)
- Original title
- 母性之光
- Directed by
- Bu Wancang
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent drama about a mother and her child set in 1930s China. The story follows a woman navigating family and societal pressures.
melodramaticsentimentalperiod piecerestrainedquietmusically underscored
What happens
The Light of Maternal Instinct (also translated as The Glory of Motherhood) is a 1933 Chinese drama film directed by Bu Wancang, starring Lai Cheuk-Cheuk, Chen Yanyan, and Jin Yan. It is a silent film since it lacks sound for dialogues, but there is background music composed by Ren Guang. One of the songs was composed by Nie Er. Bu Wancang is also the credited writer, but some scholars believe it was actually Tian Han who wrote the script. Tian Han had secretly joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1932 and was a wanted man by the Nationalist government for his leftist writings. The film was remade in 1939 by Yueh Feng as Mother and Daughter (雲裳仙子). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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