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Salvation (1960)

Salvation poster
Original title
慈母心
Directed by
Tso Kea
Genre
drama film
Country
British Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1881 play Ghosts. It centers on a woman dealing with the consequences of her late husband's secrets and her son's illness.

melancholicslow-burntragicrestrainedheavyemotionalsomberclassic drama

What happens

Ci mu xin (kantonesisk: 慈母心) er en hongkongkinesisk film fra 1960. Regissør var Cho Kei, som også skrev manuset. Det er basert på Henrik Ibsens skuespill, Gengangere, fra 1881. I en avstemning, utført av magasinet Timeout i 2012, ble denne filmen rangert på en 46.-plass i en liste over de 100 beste filmene fra Hongkong. Premieren fant sted i Hongkong 26. mai 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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