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The Goddess (1934) (Shen nu) (1982)

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Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan
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2 years, 4 months ago at Nov 6 2:42
(OK) Late silent (1934), with the sobriety of a talkie, great tragic actress Ruan Ling-Yu (commited suicide a year after), never overacts, she acts straight till the pure melodrama of the end

A classic

1 year, 1 month ago at Feb 19 7:57
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was included in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ list, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, I think it must be the oldest Asian movie I have ever seen and, yet, I thought the approach on the topic of prostitution was actually quite modern. Indeed, this movie was basically a really humanist movie, giving a sympa... read more
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Release date: 5 March 1982
Tags: China (2), Silent (2), Drama (1), Foreign Language (1), B&w (1), 1934 (1), 2006 (1), 73 Min. (1)
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