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The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire

1991 · 95 min

A slow, sensual descent into jealousy and corruption, watching beautiful people scheme and suffer in a closed world.

Directed by
Li Han-Hsiang
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Pal Sinn Lap-Man, Charlie Cho Cha-lee, Yuk Ting Fong
Overview
A corrupt local official, Xi Men Qing, who lusts after women and money, pursues his brother's young wife, Lee Ping Er. Ping finds Men attractive, and under her drunken husband's nose, she and Men work their way through the illustrations of a pillow book, the "Golden Lotus." Men pursues the same feat with his fourth concubine, Pan Jing Lien, who lives in the compound next to Ping. Jing's jealousy compounds a tale of humiliation, childbirth, death, and depravity. Does karma or enlightenment await anyone?

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Li Han-Hsiang
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Pal Sinn Lap-Man, Charlie Cho Cha-lee, Yuk Ting Fong
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • power
  • sexuality
  • corruption
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Runtime
95 min
Country
Hong Kong, Taiwan
Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin

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