Underplayed Gems

The Bewitching Braid (1996)

The Bewitching Braid poster
Original title
大辮子的誘惑
Directed by
Cai Yuanyuan
Genre
romance film
Country
Portuguese Macau
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film is a love story set in 1990s Macau. It follows a Portuguese man who becomes infatuated with a local Chinese woman because of her long braid.

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What happens

The Bewitching Braid (Chinese: 大辮子的誘惑, Portuguese: A Trança Feiticeira) is a 1996 film directed by Cai Yuanyuan (蔡元元) and produced by Cai An'an (蔡安安 a.k.a. "Choi Unun"). It was the first film produced in Macau. It is an adaptation of a novel written by Henrique de Senna Fernandes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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