Little Lotus (1963)

Original title

荷花

Directed by

Tang Huang

Genre

drama

Country

British Hong Kong

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In early 20th century China, a young carpenter and a village girl are in love but too poor to marry. After a violent incident with a warlord's son, the girl is forced into a cruel marriage to protect her unborn child, and the couple must struggle to reunite.

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What happens

《荷花》（）是1963年上映的一部香港黑白愛情電影，由唐煌執導，丁晧、張揚、羅維、王萊、田青、吳家驤、李英及賀賓主演。本片榮獲第2屆金馬獎最佳黑白攝影獎。 清末明初，軍閥暴戾恣睢，草菅人命，青年木匠周彩根（張揚 飾）與天真無邪的鄉村姑娘金荷花（丁晧 飾）親同夫妻，只是訂婚之後礙於收入有限而無力正式成親。荷花小家碧玉，秀外惠中，軍閥之子沈紫貴（田青 飾）倚仗父勢對她強拉硬幹，幸得彩根解救；可惜在雙方打鬥之中，沈紫貴被人錯手擊斃。東窗事發，荷花受刑时被发现懷有身孕，沈督軍（李英 飾）以为腹中子乃流著沈家血脈，遂將其強娶為媳，荷花迫於無奈抱著沈紫貴靈牌完婚。待荷花誕下子嗣后，沈督軍竟欲逼死荷花。最終在彩根舅父（賀賓 飾）及督軍府女傭李嫂（王萊 飾）的幫助下，才使這對有情人終成眷屬。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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