Underplayed Gems

The White Snake (1980)

The White Snake poster
Original title
白蛇传
Directed by
Fu Chaowu
Genre
fantasy film, musical film, romantic drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 18m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A white snake spirit transforms into a woman and falls in love with a human man. Their romance faces opposition from a Buddhist monk who wants to separate them.

romanticdramaticwhimsicalmusicalfantasticalsentimentallyricaltheatrical

What happens

Legend of the White Snake (originaltittel: Bai she zhuan) er en kinesisk romantisk fantasydrama og filmmusikal fra 1980 regissert av Fu Chaowu. Filmen er basert på et skuespill av Tian Han. Både stykket og filmen er en gjendiktning av den kinesisk Legenden om den hvite slange. Hovedrollene spilles av Li Bingshu, Fang Xiaoya og Lu Boping. Den ble kåret til beste film ved Hundred Flowers Awards (delt med In-Laws og Longing for Home). Filmen er også kjent under den engelske tittelen The White Snake. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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