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The Heavenly Match (1955)

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Country
People's Republic of China

How it feels

This 1955 Chinese opera film tells the story of a mortal man and a fairy princess who fall in love and marry. It uses the classic tale to promote the country's new marriage laws of the time.

romantictragicfolkloricwistfulmelodicclassicalsentimentalpoignant

What happens

天仙配是一部1955年所拍攝的黃梅戲電影,由嚴鳳英和王少舫主演。內容取材於干寶《搜神記》中的董永與七仙女故事,藉以宣傳當時的新婚姻法。 1955年,《天仙配》獲得優秀影片獎。其中的滿工對唱《夫妻雙雙把家還》膾炙人口,成為經典。此片是中国大陆拍摄第一部的黃梅戲電影。它与1959年的《女驸马》被认为是中国大陆黄梅戏电影“至今无法超越的高峰”。做为最早的黄梅戏电影,《天仙配》相比《女驸马》,其曲调、演唱还留存歌舞“三小戏”时期的痕迹,显得民歌味稍强。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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