Myriad of Lights (1948)

Original title

萬家燈火

Directed by

Shen Fu

Genre

drama film

Country

Republic of China

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in 1940s Shanghai struggles with poverty and isolation. The film follows her everyday life and relationships in a crowded city.

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What happens

Myriad of Lights, also translated as Lights of Ten Thousand Homes, is a 1948 Chinese film directed by Shen Fu and starring Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin and Lan Ma. The film is selected as one of the 100 best 20th-century Chinese films by Asia Weekly. It also ranks #91 in Hong Kong Film Academy's poll of the 100 best Chinese-language films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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