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A Wedding in the Dream (1948)

A Wedding in the Dream poster
Original title
生死恨
Directed by
Fei Mu
Genre
drama
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Peking opera performer faces a tragic romance. The story follows a woman separated from her husband by war and left to grieve.

theatricalelegiacstylizedmelancholicslow-pacedold-fashionedoperaticpoignant

What happens

A Wedding in the Dream (Chinese: 生死恨; pinyin: Shēngsǐ hèn) is a 1948 Chinese Peking opera film directed by Fei Mu and is considered China's first color film. It starred and was co-written by Mei Lanfang, one of the century's best-known Chinese opera singer. The film is also known as Happiness Neither in Life Nor in Death and Remorse at Death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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