Movie
Phony Phoenixes
1947 · 92 min
A light, playful comedy of mistaken identities and social climbing, with quick banter and a gentle moral heart.
- Directed by
- Huang Zuolin
- Genres
- Comedy
- Overview
- Young widow Fan Ruhua feigns the daughter of a tycoon and solicits husbands on papers. But Fan bumped into Yang Xiaomao, a barber, who similarly pretends to be a suiter for a broke businessman to court a daughter from a wealthy family. After a series of misunderstandings, Yang and Fan finally give up vanity and live honest lives.
- How it feels
- Light, satirical, whimsical and warm. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Identity, deception, love, class
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Huang Zuolin
- Genres
- Comedy
