The Classic for Girls (1934)
- Original title
- 女儿经
- Directed by
- Li Pingqian, Shen Xiling, Cheng Bugao, Zheng Zhengqiu
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 39m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This 1934 film follows the lives of women in China under a repressive society. It shows the pressures and limited choices they face. The story is based on a novel with the same name.
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What happens
The Classic for Girls (simplified Chinese: 女儿经; traditional Chinese: 女兒經; pinyin: Nǔ ér jīng) is a 1934 Chinese film directed by Cheng Bugao, Chen Kengran, Li Pingqian, Shen Xiling, Xu Xinfu, Yao Sufeng, Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu. This movie was inspired by a novel after the same name, which depicted the repressive society women in China were under back then. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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