Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)

Original title

炮打双灯

Directed by

He Ping

Genre

drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman from a wealthy family inherits a fireworks factory and struggles against traditional gender roles. She becomes involved with a young painter who challenges her world.

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What happens

Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (Chinese: 炮打双灯; pinyin: Pào dǎ shuāng dēng) is a 1994 film directed by He Ping and starring Ning Jing, Wu Gang, Zhao Xiaorui, Gao Yang, Xu Zhengyun and Zhao Liang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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