Scenes of City Life (1935)

Original title

都市風光

Directed by

Yuan Muzhi

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

Republic of China

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s China, this comedy-drama follows the daily lives and interactions of city residents. The story uses music as a key element to show their experiences and relationships.

lightheartedplayfulobservationalbriskwrymusicallivelyhumorous

What happens

Scenes of City Life is a 1935 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Yuan Muzhi. It is also translated as Cityscape. It is noted for being the first film directed by Yuan, as well as the first film appearance of Jiang Qing (or Lan Ping, as she then called herself), who later became Mao Zedong's fourth wife. This film belongs to the type of film in which many members of music related professionals were prominent, these were works where music is a key aspect of framing within the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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