The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977)
- Original title
- 金玉良緣紅樓夢
- Directed by
- Li Han-hsiang
- Genre
- tragedy, drama film, musical film, romance film
- Country
- British Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man in a wealthy family falls in love with his delicate cousin. Their romance is stifled by family duty and social expectations in a world of beauty and sorrow.
romantictragicoperaticelegiacvisually stylizedemotionalcourtlypoetic
What happens
The Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 金玉良緣紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 金玉良缘红楼梦) is a 1977 film adaptation of the 18th-Century Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin with the same name. It stars Brigitte Lin as protagonist Jia Baoyu, and Sylvia Chang as his cousin Lin Daiyu. The film is told in the style of Huangmei Opera, and follows the style's tradition of cross-gender acting, where a female actor portrays a male character. This is the second adaptation of the novel from the Shaw Brothers, the first being Dream of the Red Chamber (1963) starring Betty Loh Ti. The film was nominated for two categories at the 15th Golden Horse Awards, and won Best Art Direction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Generation Gap (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.